as in magnitude
the quality or state of being very large
the gigantism that is this newest ocean liner is impossible to describe
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Recent Examples of gigantism
As the Seahawks hoisted the trophy on the field, amid the gigantism and confetti cannons and surfeit on display, a sense of perspective seemed to have been restored.
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Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
Cut off from outside populations, Rome’s freshwater crabs developed a form of gigantism.
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Krista Langlois,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 July 2025
There were several pictures of people suffering from gigantism, a defect that makes the pituitary gland produce excess growth hormone.
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Jane Smiley
june 20,
Literary Hub,
20 June 2025
Nevertheless, 2023 saw several interesting developments in fusion, mostly in connection with startup companies pursuing alternative approaches to the money-pit gigantism of ITER and the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
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Glenn Zorpette,
IEEE Spectrum,
31 Dec. 2023
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Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
Cut off from outside populations, Rome’s freshwater crabs developed a form of gigantism.
—
Krista Langlois,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 July 2025
There were several pictures of people suffering from gigantism, a defect that makes the pituitary gland produce excess growth hormone.
—
Jane Smiley
june 20,
Literary Hub,
20 June 2025
Nevertheless, 2023 saw several interesting developments in fusion, mostly in connection with startup companies pursuing alternative approaches to the money-pit gigantism of ITER and the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
—
Glenn Zorpette,
IEEE Spectrum,
31 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gigantism
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Earthquakes are measured by magnitude on a logarithmic scale — so each whole number increase translates to 32 times more energy released by the quake.
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On the San Andreas Fault, scientists expect on average a large earthquake of magnitude 7 or above every 170 years or so, with the timing varying along the fault.
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Brontotheres, the ancient North American ancestors of the horse, is a giantism outlier as—growing from around 40 pounds to four to five tons in 16 million years.
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In an especially mind-bending passage, Wengrow and Graeber show that the majority of Paleolithic tombs contained not grandees but individuals with physical anomalies including dwarfism, giantism, and spinal abnormalities.
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In Alaska, bush pilots often brave cruel November weather to carry ballots from the vastness of America's largest state, with some arriving after polls close.
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This week will bring that fiery adrenaline into your soul, pushing you to explore the depths within, but also the vastness of the world and other people.
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Nowhere in the vestiges of what was once the sprawl of corporate hugeness known as The General Electric Company are there signs that Katharine Blodgett's laboratory notebooks still exist.
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Like Phish or Taylor Swift or The Dead, 21P have created a universe for their fans that is a self-sustaining mechanism, even if the hugeness of it doesn’t always translate into huge chart success.
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Combining the immensity of an ocean liner and the elegance of a swan, the 747 is the only commercial jet that deserves to be called beautiful.
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The immensity of the body of water, which resembles an 186-mile vericose vein snaking across southern Utah, is difficult to comprehend or convey.
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“Gigantism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gigantism. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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