as in giant
something that is unusually large and powerful
Leonardo da Vinci remains a colossus in the history of art
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Recent Examples of colossus
Among the marquee names the airplane colossus reportedly courted, sans sale, were CEOs Larry Culp of GE Aerospace, Dave Gitlin of Carrier Global, and its own chairman, Steve Mollenkopf, the former Qualcomm chief.
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Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) Kick off your trip with an architectural colossus—the Windy City, one of the most dynamic destinations in the country.
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Amelia Mularz,
Architectural Digest,
14 May 2026
Christopher Nolan’s Trojan Horse isn’t a towering colossus looming over the coast of Troy.
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Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
12 May 2026
His successor, Tim Cook, turned the company into a globe-spanning colossus of profit.
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Joel Mathis,
TheWeek,
24 Apr. 2026
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Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) Kick off your trip with an architectural colossus—the Windy City, one of the most dynamic destinations in the country.
—
Amelia Mularz,
Architectural Digest,
14 May 2026
Christopher Nolan’s Trojan Horse isn’t a towering colossus looming over the coast of Troy.
—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
12 May 2026
His successor, Tim Cook, turned the company into a globe-spanning colossus of profit.
—
Joel Mathis,
TheWeek,
24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colossus
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Since then, the commission has widened its crackdown on digital giants with more antitrust investigations targeting Amazon, Apple and Facebook and sweeping new rules aimed at clamping down on the biggest digital companies.
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In the years since, Monsanto, now owned by German chemical giant Bayer, has paid out over $10 billion to settle about 100,000 claims from people who said their health was harmed after they were exposed to Roundup.
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After taking a lot of heat (lower case) over the years for failed attempts on big signings, Pat Riley finally landed another whale in Giannis.
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Options for activities include paddleboarding and chasing Arctic swells in the fjords, sailing through sea cliffs and the uninhabited Hornstrandir Nature Reserve, and spotting whales, seals, Arctic foxes, and more wildlife.
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Or will the monsters get in their way?
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Making matters worse, Christophe has a spinal condition that requires him to wear a massive metal back brace 24/7, turning him into a pre-teen metal monster.
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Technology has come a long way since the dinosaur tail bone was first found, allowing researchers to peer inside bones and gain even more detailed information about ancient creatures.
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As reported by the New York Times, the statue by artist Aldo Beroisa follows from other creations of his including statues of dinosaurs and Jesus, and has been in the works for more than a year.
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According to this theory, those now-extinct megafauna—the giant ground sloths and the giant beavers, the mastodons and mammoths, and even the lions and dire wolves—were relatively quickly hunted to extinction.
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For the next 49,000 years, the sticky pits captured virtually everything that fell or walked onto them, from grains of pollen borne by the wind to hapless ancient camels and Columbian mammoths.
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The billionaire pop titan and the NFL star, both 36, kicked off their wedding festivities Thursday afternoon with a rehearsal dinner at the famed sports arena.
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Prior to joining Nutanix, Sam held senior leadership roles at several industry titans, including Broadcom, VMware, Cisco Systems, Palo Alto Networks, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, and Illumio.
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“Colossus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colossus. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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