as in gigantic
unusually large
a colossal statue of the town's founder
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Recent Examples of colossal
But nothing in Marrero’s speech signaled undertaking significant changes at the speed required by the country’s colossal economic problems.
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Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 16 July 2025
Coming Thursday Part 4 | The Super Bowl: Questionable calls and a colossal Panther collapse, but — ultimately — gratitude.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 16 July 2025
Intelsat has been playing a leading role in both of these globe-changing breakthroughs, with its colossal cutting-edge satellites beaming broadband internet connections to expanding waves of users across the planet, including hotspots that have been decimated by armed conflicts.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
The nights surrounding the first quarter moon phase on July 2 present a good opportunity to spot colossal 'X' and 'V' features emblazoned on the lunar surface.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 1 July 2025
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Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 16 July 2025
Coming Thursday Part 4 | The Super Bowl: Questionable calls and a colossal Panther collapse, but — ultimately — gratitude.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 16 July 2025
Intelsat has been playing a leading role in both of these globe-changing breakthroughs, with its colossal cutting-edge satellites beaming broadband internet connections to expanding waves of users across the planet, including hotspots that have been decimated by armed conflicts.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
The nights surrounding the first quarter moon phase on July 2 present a good opportunity to spot colossal 'X' and 'V' features emblazoned on the lunar surface.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colossal
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As the creature lowers a gigantic foot to squash the dog, Superman swoops in to save the precious pup.—
Jen Reeder,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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These few minutes with the whale sharks are the culmination of a year’s planning, a gigantic logistical effort to shadow a giant.—
Matthew Abbott,
New York Times,
27 July 2025
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Powering spacecraft, especially out in the dark, cold outer solar system, is a huge challenge.—
Space.com Staff,
Space.com,
26 July 2025
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On Thursday, Israel’s military took journalists to the Gaza side of the Kerem Shalom crossing where hundreds of boxes of aid were on pallets filling a huge lot.—
Sam Mednick,
Chicago Tribune,
26 July 2025
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At the Gault Site, north of Austin, archaeologists led by Michael Collins unearthed not only an enormous quantity of Clovis-era artifacts, but also pre-Clovis evidence that pushes the dating of Paleo-Indian arrival in Central Texas back to perhaps 20,000 years ago.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Single events can have enormous importance in a game, series and season while also being single events.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
30 July 2025
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The centerpiece, called the Sun Room, featured three giant windows that offered a peerless view into the gorge and its colors of salmon, coral, saffron and blood orange.—
Tom Zoellner,
AZCentral.com,
25 July 2025
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According to the announcement, the Godzilla crossover series reveals that the original purpose of the Foot Clan was to protect Japan from the giant monsters known as kaiju, of whom Godzilla is the most fearsome.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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At least 2,000 others will come from the Army National Guard, the vast majority of whom serve on a part-time, volunteer basis.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Such an outbreak is not particularly surprising; the reason the vast majority of milk is pasteurized (heated briefly to kill germs) is because milk can easily pick up nasty pathogens in the farmyard that can cause severe illnesses, particularly in children.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
29 July 2025
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After China fired ballistic missiles at American bases in Japan, the fighting exploded, with the U.S. launching massive strikes against the mainland and Japanese jets attacking Chinese ships.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Some donors continue to feel bitter about the massive amounts of money spent by Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign and the Biden/Harris aligned super PAC Future Forward.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
14 July 2025
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This ordeal lasted years and took a tremendous toll on his personal life.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
24 July 2025
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Big league pitchers will feast on a hitter with that many holes in his swing, so until Jones can figure that out (which is questionable), his tremendous gifts are likely neutralized in the bigs, regardless of his current hot streak.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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The Alabama commit brings size, experience and versatility to the Lancers’ mammoth offensive line.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
1 Aug. 2025
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Colossal created the mice by modifying seven genes simultaneously and from information gathered from analysis of woolly, Columbian and steppe mammoth genomes that were up to 1.2 million years old.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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