supergiant
noun
su·per·gi·ant
ˈsü-pər-ˌjī-ənt 
: something that is extremely large
especially
: a star of very great intrinsic luminosity and enormous size
supergiant
adjective
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With it, Venezuela’s transformation to a petroleum supergiant had begun — for better or worse.
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David Goldman, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026
All three of its contingent stars are huge, hot, blue supergiant stars at vastly different distances from the solar system:
Alnitak: 1,260 light-years.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 1 Jan. 2026
Apep also includes a third star, a massive supergiant.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2025
For decades, astronomers have searched the skies for a missing population of doomed stars — the massive red supergiants that theory predicts should end their lives in powerful stellar explosions, but somehow rarely seem to.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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David Goldman, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026
All three of its contingent stars are huge, hot, blue supergiant stars at vastly different distances from the solar system:
Alnitak: 1,260 light-years.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 1 Jan. 2026
Apep also includes a third star, a massive supergiant.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2025
For decades, astronomers have searched the skies for a missing population of doomed stars — the massive red supergiants that theory predicts should end their lives in powerful stellar explosions, but somehow rarely seem to.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Supergiant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/supergiant. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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