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
Wedgewood is right — the Avs are probably right there with Finland and Sweden as the next-best teams behind the two current titans of the sport.
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Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 23 Feb. 2026
The Hockomock League titans will be contending in Div.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
All of them were focused on a battle of hockey titans between Team USA and Canada in the men’s gold medal game of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
—Devon Henderson, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Published in 2020, Beach Read is the first best-selling adult romance novel by rom-com titan Emily Henry.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 22 Feb. 2026
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Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 23 Feb. 2026
The Hockomock League titans will be contending in Div.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
All of them were focused on a battle of hockey titans between Team USA and Canada in the men’s gold medal game of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
—Devon Henderson, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Published in 2020, Beach Read is the first best-selling adult romance novel by rom-com titan Emily Henry.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 22 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for titan
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Those are just some examples of how Chinese startups and tech giants are rapidly expanding worldwide, one year after DeepSeek’s AI reasoning model shocked global investors.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
4 Mar. 2026
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In addition to expanding its work with Visa, Bridge will participate in an ongoing pilot from the payments network giant that explores the feasibility of settling charges with stablecoins on blockchains, instead of traditional bank transfers.—
Ben Weiss,
Fortune,
3 Mar. 2026
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The car was a 2012 Fiat 500, white like the whale, with a transmission that had developed the unfortunate habit of popping out of third gear.—
Mary Norris,
New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2026
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Keep an eye out for orca whales from the outdoor deck.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
26 Feb. 2026
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The Longhorns took the lead on a monster 466-foot shot to left field by Aiden Robbins, who plunked his shot off the train stationed high above the left field wall at Daikin Park.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
28 Feb. 2026
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Her feelings transformed her to become a monster, an inhuman creature.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
27 Feb. 2026
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The genus Acanthochitona — the specific group to which feroxa belongs — developed about 92 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous, when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
3 Mar. 2026
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There are several activities on the docket, including a slime bar, temporary tattoos, dinosaur excavation, bubble area, live doodle booth, mobile noble planetarium and more.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Mar. 2026
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Fans typically think of interior defensive linemen as the mammoths of the gridiron who dominate with size and strength.—
Caleb Yum,
Austin American Statesman,
26 Feb. 2026
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Researchers analyzed more than 3,000 markings on 260 objects, including the mammoth, that were found in caves in Germany.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
23 Feb. 2026
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The deal, which forms a Hollywood colossus and remakes the media landscape, awaits regulatory approval.—
Jake Coyle,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Mar. 2026
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The past master of the universe is an economic colossus but, strategically, its civilization is an also-ran.—
Josef Joffe,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Titan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/titan. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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