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
The Parisian saloon – which is known for hosting variety shows featuring mostly nude female dancers – opened in the '50s and has since welcomed a number of entertainment industry titans, including Kim Kardashian and Pamela Anderson.
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Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Finance titans Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase; Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel; and Eric Schmidt, former chairman and CEO of Google, also are on the speaker list.
—Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Media titans like Disney and Comcast have already provided the blueprint on how to leverage amusement parks to promote intellectual property.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
There will be Fortune 500 titans, too, including Exelon CEO Calvin Butler, Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian, Meta Business AI chief Clara Shih, and Amazon devices chief Panos Panay.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Through this tumult, three myths pervade the global energy market, misleading everyone—from diplomats and military strategists, to economists and tech titans, to CEOs and consumers—about the state of global dependence on Russian energy supply.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
The second-priciest ZIP code, 94027, sits in Atherton, California, a Silicon Valley community that houses titans of tech.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
On this night in 2023, however, the cavernous five-story building was filled with bearded, flannel-wearing, middle-aged former punks, most of whom came to see Nineties punk titans Unwound play a reunion for the 20th birthday of the archival record label Numero Group.
—David Hill, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
Pic also stars Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies and Kim Bodnia and was shot during actual Grand Prix weekends as the team competed against the titans of the sport.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Finance titans Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase; Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel; and Eric Schmidt, former chairman and CEO of Google, also are on the speaker list.
—Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Media titans like Disney and Comcast have already provided the blueprint on how to leverage amusement parks to promote intellectual property.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
There will be Fortune 500 titans, too, including Exelon CEO Calvin Butler, Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian, Meta Business AI chief Clara Shih, and Amazon devices chief Panos Panay.
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Through this tumult, three myths pervade the global energy market, misleading everyone—from diplomats and military strategists, to economists and tech titans, to CEOs and consumers—about the state of global dependence on Russian energy supply.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
The second-priciest ZIP code, 94027, sits in Atherton, California, a Silicon Valley community that houses titans of tech.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
On this night in 2023, however, the cavernous five-story building was filled with bearded, flannel-wearing, middle-aged former punks, most of whom came to see Nineties punk titans Unwound play a reunion for the 20th birthday of the archival record label Numero Group.
—David Hill, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
Pic also stars Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies and Kim Bodnia and was shot during actual Grand Prix weekends as the team competed against the titans of the sport.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for titans
Noun
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Minus a merger here and an acquisition there, Europe’s business giants remain largely unchanged from two—or even 20—years ago.—
Adam Gale,
Fortune,
29 Oct. 2025
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By cutting the cost and complexity of closings, the company hopes to expand access to homeownership, reduce fraud, and help smaller regional title firms compete with national giants.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As biologists began to accept that the smallest of the whales had perished, the rescue work dragged past its second week.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently reported a spike in entangled whales off California in 2024, leading scientists and marine mammal biologists to worry about how this year will go as winter fishing seasons get underway.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The dyrosaurid lineage spread across the globe, and the group as a whole even survived the extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs, researchers said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
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Cue that John Williams theme because dinosaurs are moseying across your screens again.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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These monsters are just fuzzy-creepy-cute.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
29 Oct. 2025
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For those of us who encountered our scariest monsters in the darkness of a movie theatre, that’s something of an injustice in itself, but an injustice that the industry has long normalized.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Titans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/titans. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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