as in giant
something that is unusually large and powerful
this newest ocean liner is a true titan of the sea
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Recent Examples of titan
The two titans clashed at the Saturday Night's Main Event premium live event on July 12th in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
As the two legal titans faced off in the courthouse, a circuslike atmosphere of preaching evangelists, food concessions, carnival games and live animal exhibits sprung up outside.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2025
All across the league, teams were having success with two titans in the frontcourt.
—Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
David Letterman, a former titan of late-night television, has come to the defense of his successor amid controversy surrounding the cancellation of Stephen Colbert's Late Show at CBS.
—EW.com, 26 July 2025
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Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
As the two legal titans faced off in the courthouse, a circuslike atmosphere of preaching evangelists, food concessions, carnival games and live animal exhibits sprung up outside.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2025
All across the league, teams were having success with two titans in the frontcourt.
—Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2025
David Letterman, a former titan of late-night television, has come to the defense of his successor amid controversy surrounding the cancellation of Stephen Colbert's Late Show at CBS.
—EW.com, 26 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for titan
Noun
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Yet, the influence the tech giants wield on the market is troubling in the event of a pullback.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
16 Aug. 2025
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At that time, the gas giant will be approximately 807 million miles(1.3 billion kilometers) from Earth, rendering the event invisible to both the naked eye and binoculars alike.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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While juvenile white sharks mainly eat bottom fish, smaller sharks and rays, and schooling fish and squids, larger white sharks feed on seal and sea lion colonies and occasionally scavenge dead whales.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
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Over the course of three days, the rescue team worked to cut away the snarled ropes, with video capturing their approach to the whale in a small boat.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
12 Aug. 2025
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Second-year defensive tackle Isaiah Iton enjoyed an up-and-down day, jumping offsides during individual and team drills, notching a run stuff and monster win in 1-on-1 pass rush.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
7 Aug. 2025
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The luxury, 387-room hotel, located in Tokyo's Roppongi Hills complex, is collaborating with the Nintendo, the parent company of Pokémon, to give its fans the ultimate respite this summer: a few nights surrounded by their favorite pocket monsters.—
Jalyn Robinson,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Aug. 2025
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There’s a visit to the Flaming Cliffs, where the first dinosaur egg was discovered, and an immersion in the contemporary wonders of the capital, Ulaanbaatar, in this land of rugged beauty.—
Everett Potter,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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The meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs, called the Chicxulub impactor, is estimated to be between 6 to 9 miles in diameter.—
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Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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Previously thought to be early domesticated dogs or tamed wolves living near humans, the animals’ remains were found near woolly mammoth bones that had been burned and cut by humans, suggesting the canids lived near a site where humans butchered mammoths.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
14 June 2025
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At the same time, research on de-extinction can also be used to protect endangered species from going extinct, in the case of the mammoth, the research can help protect endangered elephants, the company says.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2025
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The image that appeared before his strained eyes was of the United States as a colossus astride the world, with bases, allies, and interests covering the globe.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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Key Background Oracle is an enterprise software colossus, making much of its hay selling cloud computing and data storage, notably hosting the U.S. data of the social media platform TikTok.—
Derek Saul,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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“Titan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/titan. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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