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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 One entered the pair of R&B titans into the Congressional Record, while another officially recognized Brown and Usher’s artistry in the state of Texas. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2026 Everywhere millionaires don’t get the same attention as eccentric tech titans, finance executives, or famous entertainers. — Eric Zwick, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026 Documentaries about problematic tech titans have dominated news coming out of prestigious film festivals. — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 With new partnerships signed with energy titans like SLB and Kairos Power, the push is clear. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026 The potential scale of what it has been granted could make the company one of the biggest oil titans in the world. — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026 Remember the many tech titans standing behind him at his 2025 inauguration? — The Week Us, TheWeek, 2 Sep. 2026 Tech titans have defended their products and largely brushed off concerns as overblown or misguided. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026 After Musk left, OpenAI launched massively successful AI products, namely ChatGPT, struck partnerships with tech titans including Microsoft, converted its business into a for-profit with a non-profit parent, and raised huge sums of funding. — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for titans
  1. giants
  2. whales
  3. dinosaurs
  4. monsters
Noun
  • Ruddy failed to foil the Nexstar-Tegna combination or to get a $250 million compensation fund included in an FTC settlement over an advertising-giants merger.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The timing of the tech giants' flagship releases, days ahead of the summit, has revived debate over whether China's AI industry has hit an inflection point.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of giants
Noun
  • The public is advised to stay alert, particularly in active waterways with boat traffic, as whales can surface unexpectedly.
    — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The scientists also found evidence of specialized, super-sized neurons involved in social cognition only found in large-brain mammals like elephants, whales, and primates, including humans.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of whales
Noun
  • Its discovery adds to our understanding of one of the world’s premier fossil deposits and what life in Illinois looked like even before dinosaurs.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Scientists have unearthed only a handful of tracks from other dinosaurs in the wider Hell Creek Formation.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of dinosaurs
Noun
  • Districts could be drawn that look like dinosaurs, steam locomotives or Frankenstein monsters.
    — Chris West, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2026
  • However, the biggest influences behind the storytelling came from classic Universal monsters and the Hammer Film Productions horrors.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of monsters

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“Titans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/titans. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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