Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gigantesque
Adjective
  • After the House settlement, both schools dissolved their ties with collectives, but many schools still have them in a new era that is essentially a gigantic, expensive experiment.
    Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Their Instagram announcement—a carousel of the couple's lavish garden engagement photoshoot—has been liked more than 35 million times since it was posted on August 26, with Swifties around the world fawning over the singer's gigantic ring.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Congress had enacted byzantine eligibility requirements for disability and Supplemental Security Income benefits, forcing the agency to expend huge amounts of time and money running those programs.
    Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Of course, there remains a huge barrier to entry for the San Jose Sharks sophomore.
    Chris Johnston, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But with each passing summer of enormous transfer spending, the chances of turning the boat around fade ever further.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • There has been an enormous amount of press coverage of the battle over gerrymandering in the last month.
    Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • That raised officially reported deaths from such causes to at least 361, including 130 children, the vast majority in recent weeks.
    Emily Rose, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The vast majority of guns do not come from Chicago.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • While the storyline echoes the original attraction, everything from the giant guitar outside to landmarks along the limo ride will get a Muppets touch next year.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The talents are seen posing in a public bathroom with red and black tiles, reproducing the set of Michele’s sophomore Valentino ready-to-wear show, staged in a giant public toilet bathed in red light.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • There is little doubt that this is a rapidly developing field and that there are tremendous upsides to be had, but at the same time, regrettably, hidden risks and outright gotchas come into these endeavors too.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Nevertheless, Spieckerman said the SNAP program changes present a tremendous loyalty-building opportunity for Walmart.
    Serenah McKay, Arkansas Online, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The Environmental Protection Agency oversaw a massive cleanup effort, for one.
    Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In March, a massive, violent earthquake shook Myanmar.
    Lauren Liebhaber September 5, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • First came a colossal eruption off the sun's southeastern limb, caught in stunning detail by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and NOAA's GOES-SUVI instrument.
    Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Evoking divinity and a potential abode for the kami, or sacred spirits, the colossal site-specific work spans 797 square feet across two walls in the foyer leading to The Shinto Shrine, enshrining the sun goddess, Amaterasu Oomikami, the Japanese sun goddess and a central deity in Shinto mythology.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Gigantesque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gigantesque. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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