titans

noun

plural of titan
as in giants
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 titans Siebel Newsom said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that tech titans need to be held accountable for the harm occurring to women and girls with their tools. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026 As long as demand for computing power exceeds the supply, these Big Tech titans will have the incentive to keep building. — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026 SpaceX’s Elon Musk pledged to give a share in the company to every US child, the latest effort by AI titans to win over an increasingly skeptical public. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026 The score for the forthcoming Grand Theft Auto VI will feature an original score by French electronic titans Justice. — Katie Bain, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2026 At the time, the industry was on a major streaming binge, and the company had two titans at the helm in co-founders Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026 When film and television try to capture the messy morality of these would-be titans, the results are predictably ambivalent. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Much has been written about the sprawling compounds of tech titans like Mark Zuckerberg, whose 1,400-acre Kauai property includes plans for a 5,000-square-foot underground shelter. — Megan Buerger, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026 By coincidence, at the time of the Paramount dinner, Katie was reportedly in talks with the company about an acquisition of her podcast, which features major interviews with Cabinet members and business titans. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 8 Oct. 2026
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  1. giants
  2. whales
  3. dinosaurs
  4. monsters
Noun
  • In a report this month that sharply criticized data center giants including Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft, several Senate Democrats said companies have used nondisclosure agreements to freeze out the public.
    — Marc Levy, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • In a report this month that sharply criticized data center giants including Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft, several Senate Democrats said companies have used non-disclosure agreements to freeze out the public.
    — Marc Levy, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of giants
Noun
  • Organisms not resistant to this onslaught—anything from microbes and crops to whales and humans—would experience an almost violently severe sunburn.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Five mammal groups – primates, carnivores, whales, elephants and rhinos – received 86% of available funding, despite accounting for only one-third of threatened mammal projects.
    — David Ginsburg, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of whales
Noun
  • The boy's parents released their own statement remembering their son as strong and kind with a love for rainbows and unicorns along with sharks and dinosaurs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2026
  • While dinosaurs roamed the earth, giant monsters roamed the sea.
    — October 16, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of dinosaurs
Noun
  • Set on a mysterious island ravaged by floods and warring armies, a masked boy and girl must traverse atmospheric environments, rescue friends, and confront nightmarish monsters.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Wētā is famous for its monsters and sci-fi creatures, so making a romantic lead gave the creatives a unique challenge.
    — Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of monsters

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