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 But compared to galaxies, which can host 100 billion similarly sized star systems, even these cosmic titans are relatively small in stature. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026 The guest list includes Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, among other tech titans staking out positions on whether more safeguards are needed in the race to develop artificial intelligence. — Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026 IonQ’s partners include artificial intelligence boom titans Amazon Web Services and Nvidia and pharmaceutical companies such as AstraZeneca. — Caleigh Keating, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026 Ellison argues Paramount needs to bulk up to compete against digital titans Netflix, Amazon and Apple, as well as Disney. — David Folkenflik, NPR, 21 Sep. 2026 The list highlights the region’s growing pull for tech founders, hedge fund titans and real estate moguls. — Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026 In the second week of the college football season, in a clash of titans, the University of Texas scored 21 unanswered points to surge past Ohio State in the fourth quarter and win, 24-23. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for titans
  1. giants
  2. whales
  3. dinosaurs
  4. monsters
Noun
  • Andersen predicts security concerns will ultimately keep China’s turbine giants from conquering the continent.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • As rural communities across the United States wage intensifying battles to keep AI-computing data centers out of their backyards, some tech giants are mulling methods that could sidestep such local resentment — by sending the facilities to space.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of giants
Noun
  • For decades, the seabirds have pecked at whales surfacing to breathe, gorging on their skin and blubber.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The new interpretations of the Endangered Species Act remove some of the legal basis for enforcing rules for noisy seismic surveys, speed limits on vessels and restrictions on shipping routes designed to help protect the whales from harm.
    — Timothy Randhir, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 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
  • For the dinosaurs that survived the initial blast, the world became an unforgiving wilderness of starvation and severe climate shifts.
    — Kevin Brown, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of dinosaurs
Noun
  • The main three projects — The Mummy, The Loudest Voice and Unabomber — each involve monsters in various forms.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The world has seen many hurricanes rapidly intensify in recent years, strengthening from relatively weak storms into destructive monsters in a matter of hours.
    — Chanh Kieu, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of monsters

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“Titans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/titans. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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