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Recent Examples of giantess
But don’t forget in those days the Guinness Book of World Records defined a giantess as a woman six-foot-two and over.
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Jane Smiley
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
In the 1958 Hollywood movie, Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman, a giantess played by Allison Hayes squashed men like bugs until the town sheriff killed her.
—Jane Smiley
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Maybe her fans didn’t recognize her because the performer is a giantess and the person is merely person-size.
—Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Maybe her fans didn’t recognize her because the performer is a giantess and the person is merely person-size.
—Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Eventually, a foresty mountain-scape is revealed to be Swift as a prone, green giantess, while Ice Spice is both sides now of a heavenly cloud formation.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 27 May 2023
Salerno plays 30 characters from inside a small box, ranging from a drunken couple in Las Vegas to a lonely giantess, a lost pope and the entire Greek army.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2022
Back in the woods and trying to find a way to stop a vengeful giantess, the Baker’s Wife ends up running into Cinderella’s Prince.
—Vulture, 16 Aug. 2022
Leppaluoi, their dad, is lazy and stays in the cave, and their mom, Gryla, is a giantess who seeks out naughty children to add to her stew.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2022
Jane Smiley
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
In the 1958 Hollywood movie, Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman, a giantess played by Allison Hayes squashed men like bugs until the town sheriff killed her.
—Jane Smiley
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Maybe her fans didn’t recognize her because the performer is a giantess and the person is merely person-size.
—Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Maybe her fans didn’t recognize her because the performer is a giantess and the person is merely person-size.
—Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Eventually, a foresty mountain-scape is revealed to be Swift as a prone, green giantess, while Ice Spice is both sides now of a heavenly cloud formation.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 27 May 2023
Salerno plays 30 characters from inside a small box, ranging from a drunken couple in Las Vegas to a lonely giantess, a lost pope and the entire Greek army.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2022
Back in the woods and trying to find a way to stop a vengeful giantess, the Baker’s Wife ends up running into Cinderella’s Prince.
—Vulture, 16 Aug. 2022
Leppaluoi, their dad, is lazy and stays in the cave, and their mom, Gryla, is a giantess who seeks out naughty children to add to her stew.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for giantess
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The country had turned against Argentine manager Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino and there was little hope that the CONCACAF giants would progress from Group C that featured Poland, Argentina and Saudi Arabia.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
23 July 2025
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In May, a German court threw out a case between a Peruvian farmer and German energy giant RWE RWEG.DE, but his lawyers and environmentalists said the case, which dragged on for a decade, was still a victory for climate cases that could bring similar lawsuits.—
Stephanie van den Berg,
USA Today,
23 July 2025
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The semiconductor colossus has revealed a decision to cut 410 jobs in the Bay Area during July, according to official WARN notices that Intel filed with the state Employment Development Department.—
Boston Herald Wire Services,
Boston Herald,
12 July 2025
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Topline After becoming the world’s first-ever $4 trillion company Wednesday, the scope of artificial intelligence colossus Nvidia’s size is hard to grasp, as the less than 40,000-person company is now worth more than 97% of the world’s economies and all of the world’s military spending.—
Derek Saul,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! Allen, similar to Grant, described his deep passion for the ocean and hard-to-describe connection with whales.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
18 July 2025
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Start with what stirs the soul — the iridescence of a bioluminescent reef, the sound of a whale’s song echoing across hemispheres, the eerie quiet of deep space.—
Melissa Jun Rowley,
Rolling Stone,
17 July 2025
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There, game drives reveal elephants wading through papyrus channels, leopards draped over fig branches, and a dazzling array of birdlife.—
Marni Granston,
Travel + Leisure,
14 July 2025
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The study was conducted using semi-captive elephants on reserves in the in Victoria Falls area of Zimbabwe.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 July 2025
Noun
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The 50 Sub and 80 Sub are being replaced with a 64-inch beast and a 100-inch behemoth – both coming with a host of refinements designed to deliver impactful ultra-low rumble.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
1 Aug. 2025
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Azure generates around 2/3 the revenue that AWS does, while Google Cloud registers less than half the annual revenue of Amazon’s cloud behemoth.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
1 Aug. 2025
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These static, profile views often depict male and female elk, sometimes with calves, and occasionally alongside other Ice Age fauna such as mammoths, woolly rhinos, and ostriches.—
Margherita Bassi,
Popular Science,
24 July 2025
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This was an important clue to a developing theory that grazing megafauna—such as the extinct mammoths and mastodons that once roamed the southern Appalachians—may have played a role.—
Mike Bezemek,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 July 2025
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His restaurant remains a David to its looming Goliath — the nearby McDonald’s, whose Golden Arches literally cast a shadow over In-A-Tub.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 July 2025
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David meets Goliath on digital steroids Spynn’s competition reads like a who’s who of PR aristocracy, with their century-old pedigree and admiration from Fortune 500 companies.—
Ascend Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
11 July 2025
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Conservatives, by contrast, paint liberalism as a cultural leviathan that has trampled traditional values underfoot.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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But how could anyone ever hope to win a fight against the federal leviathan when the people have been bought off by Social Security?—
Zack Beauchamp,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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“Giantess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giantess. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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