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
Salary-wise, Smith’s deal places him ahead of nighttime titans like Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and Jimmy Fallon.
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Danyel Smith, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025
Two titans of the wellness world duke it out
June 18, 2025
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Community garden or ‘rich person’s playground’?
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
Her camel coat appeared waxy and poorly tailored — something, commenters pointed out, went against everything the fashion titan stood for.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 18 June 2025
Accenture, a global titan that has invested $3B in AI, has recently trimmed its workforce.
—Mark A. Cohen, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
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Danyel Smith, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025
Two titans of the wellness world duke it out
June 18, 2025
Other must-reads
Community garden or ‘rich person’s playground’?
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
Her camel coat appeared waxy and poorly tailored — something, commenters pointed out, went against everything the fashion titan stood for.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 18 June 2025
Accenture, a global titan that has invested $3B in AI, has recently trimmed its workforce.
—Mark A. Cohen, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for titan
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Photo by Ian Maule/Getty Images Mexico has gone without loss thus far in the 2025 Gold Cup, though things have been far from perfect for the CONCACAF giants, as Mexico narrowly defeated the Dominican Republic 3-2 in its Gold Cup opener.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
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Now, the search giant is throwing a revenue bone to those sites.—
Chris Morris,
Fortune,
27 June 2025
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But staff say whales have been spotted in the area, with humpbacks finally making a return after a 25-year absence.—
Zoe Baillargeon,
Travel + Leisure,
28 June 2025
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The House Natural Resources Committee has also suggested weakening the Marine Mammal Protection Act with an apparent intent to unravel protections for species like the North Atlantic right whale and the Gulf of Mexico Rice’s whale.—
Christine Peterson,
Vox,
27 June 2025
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Call of Cthulhu flipped a lot of gaming conventions on their head with characters that degraded over time and scenarios that rewarded fleeing monsters instead of slaying them.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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Complaining on NextDoor about traffic, some locals fled downtown Austin like a movie monster was stomping behind them.—
Ramon Ramirez,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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But finding small dinosaurs like this is much rarer, partly because they’re overlooked by fossil hunters searching for bigger, more impressive dinosaurs and partly because smaller skeletons are more likely to be ripped apart by predators and scavengers.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
25 June 2025
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In the chaotic aftermath of the strike, roughly 75 percent of all species worldwide went extinct, including the non-avian dinosaurs.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 June 2025
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Stunning pictures show a female baby mammoth, dating back over 130,000 years, recently being dissected by Russian scientists.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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In March 2025, Colossal unveiled its woolly mouse, engineered to carry genes for the mammoth's characteristic thick, golden coat and accelerated fat metabolism.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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Vexing because, for me, as for a lot of my writer peers, Beckett is a colossus—worthy of the highest regard.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
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The episode, written by Mazin, and directed by Kate Herron, is a colossus.—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
5 May 2025
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“Titan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/titan. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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