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
However, if the number of supermassive black holes was low at Cosmic Dawn, researchers theorize that these cosmic titans formed only in special circumstances, possibly from the direct collapse of vast clouds of gas and dust.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The Arnault children While business titan Bernard Arnault remains firmly at the helm of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the next generation is making their mark across the group and its brands.
—Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Williamson serves as a titan on the culinary competition series, alongside Michael Voltaggio and Ayesha Nurdjaja, who recently replaced Tiffany Derry.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Flipper’s most famous fan, however, was grunge-rock titan Kurt Cobain.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The Arnault children While business titan Bernard Arnault remains firmly at the helm of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the next generation is making their mark across the group and its brands.
—Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Williamson serves as a titan on the culinary competition series, alongside Michael Voltaggio and Ayesha Nurdjaja, who recently replaced Tiffany Derry.
—Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Flipper’s most famous fan, however, was grunge-rock titan Kurt Cobain.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for titan
Noun
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The Silicon Valley giant touts it as their slimmest phone offering ever.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Aerospace giant Boeing has unveiled a new approach to solar array substrates that could dramatically speed up satellite production.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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An idea for a film about a giant whale or kujira is a possibility.—
Michael Taube,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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More daring vacationers can rent kayaks or hop on a whale-watching excursion, Sunset said.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacbee.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This quiz invites you to explore the darker corners of sci-fi literature, where monsters lurk not just in shadows, but in laboratories, alien worlds and post-apocalyptic wastelands.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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As a smooth fixer for a tertiary monster who has maybe three lines, Morgan Spector is both chilling and thoroughly pointless.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Internet users can't get enough of Rue's dinosaur-like appearance, leading to more than 1,700 comments on the viral TikTok post already.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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And 250 million years ago, extraordinary heat nearly killed off complex life in the high-CO2, end-Permian mass extinction known as the Great Dying, just before the rise of the dinosaurs.—
Peter Brannen,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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These were places rich with prey like bison, camels, horses and even young mammoths.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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This finding raises the possibility that mammoths, as close relatives of modern elephants, might have been susceptible to similar infections.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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When Moscow started blitzing Ukraine’s cities and communications towers with exploding missiles, the Western satellite colossus Intelsat swiftly mapped out strategies to keep the country from being bombed into an informational black hole.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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In the 1990s, Jerry Jones turned the Cowboys into an on-field juggernaut—winning three Super Bowls in four years—and an off-field colossus, becoming American sports’ most valuable franchise.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Titan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/titan. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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