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something that is unusually large and powerful
the Great Pyramids of Egypt are giants among the world's architectural wonders
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Recent Examples of giants
And American tech giants like Amazon, OpenAI and Microsoft see the Gulf states’ abundant and cheap energy and vast land as key to their AI infrastructure buildouts.
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John Liu, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
Rioux is two inches taller than former NBA giants Gheorghe Muresan and Manute Bol, and three inches taller than popular big men Yao Ming, Tacko Fall and Shawn Bradley.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Rioux is 2 inches (5 centimeters) taller than former NBA giants Gheorghe Muresan and Manute Bol, and 3 inches taller than popular big men Yao Ming, Tacko Fall and Shawn Bradley.
—Mark Long, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
And various unconfirmed media reports have tied tech giants Meta and Oracle with staff cuts that would cut approximately 20 percent and 18 percent of their workforce, respectively.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 30 Mar. 2026
Today, the startup’s technology is used by giants like PepsiCo, Nestlé, Mars, Kraft Heinz, Campbell’s, and Givaudan, and over half its clients are Fortune 100 firms.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
The mentor is Thomas, a world-renowned author, philosopher, and filmmaker who grew up in Nazi Germany and rubbed shoulders with twentieth-century giants such as Theodor Adorno.
—Giles Harvey, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
The alliance gives Lilly a different way to reach consumers other than the ubiquitous TV commercials upon which most pharma giants rely.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 29 Mar. 2026
FedEx is moving to speed its deliveries as retail giants Amazon and Walmart also roll out same-day delivery.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
John Liu, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
Rioux is two inches taller than former NBA giants Gheorghe Muresan and Manute Bol, and three inches taller than popular big men Yao Ming, Tacko Fall and Shawn Bradley.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Rioux is 2 inches (5 centimeters) taller than former NBA giants Gheorghe Muresan and Manute Bol, and 3 inches taller than popular big men Yao Ming, Tacko Fall and Shawn Bradley.
—Mark Long, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
And various unconfirmed media reports have tied tech giants Meta and Oracle with staff cuts that would cut approximately 20 percent and 18 percent of their workforce, respectively.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 30 Mar. 2026
Today, the startup’s technology is used by giants like PepsiCo, Nestlé, Mars, Kraft Heinz, Campbell’s, and Givaudan, and over half its clients are Fortune 100 firms.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
The mentor is Thomas, a world-renowned author, philosopher, and filmmaker who grew up in Nazi Germany and rubbed shoulders with twentieth-century giants such as Theodor Adorno.
—Giles Harvey, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
The alliance gives Lilly a different way to reach consumers other than the ubiquitous TV commercials upon which most pharma giants rely.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 29 Mar. 2026
FedEx is moving to speed its deliveries as retail giants Amazon and Walmart also roll out same-day delivery.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for giants
Noun
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Sei whales are endangered and are common in the Southeast's waters.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Humpback whales aren't native to the Baltic.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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If the dinosaurs and woolly mammoths that once roamed the Earth had since crumbled into dust, then what hope was there for humanity?—
Kathryn Hughes,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Birds are thought to have descended from carnivorous dinosaurs that began growing feathers by the Late Jurassic Period; thus, birds are technically one lineage of reptiles.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There's also aliens or monsters or some other supernatural entity out to get them.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
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Sometimes darkly humorous, sometimes strangely heartbreaking, this immersive storytelling experience is Edgar Allan Poe for the modern age; a heart-to-bleeding-heart with madmen, murderers and monsters all dying to tell their story.—
William Earl,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Stripped back to just Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson, the drone-metal titans explore the minutiae of microtonal vibrations on an album that sprawls like land art.—
Daniel Bromfield,
Pitchfork,
4 Apr. 2026
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The tech titans and Schultz join Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, PayPal and Palantir cofounder Peter Thiel, Citadel founder Ken Griffin, and Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison, who have all bought property or moved their companies’ operations to Florida in the past couple of years.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Fossils have also been found that indicate the islands were also once home to pygmy mammoths, which only reached 4 to 6 feet tall.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Surviving Earth explores the world 450M years ago featuring giant sea scorpions, mammoths and sabertooths.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
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Any kid who stars at smaller schools transfers before the program can become a threat to the behemoths.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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The Silicon Valley drama Cupertino from The Good Wife creators Robert and Michelle King will see a lawyer (Mike Colter) take on Silicon Valley behemoths.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Eat the elephant one bite at a time, Redd recommends.—
Alora Bopray,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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By about 1500 trade in the Indian Ocean was dominated by Arab, Indian, Malay, and Chinese merchants, who together used various seafaring craft to transport a spectrum of cargo, from spices to elephants.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Giants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giants. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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