as in magnitude
the quality or state of being very large
the gigantism that is this newest ocean liner is impossible to describe
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Recent Examples of gigantism
Surviving here isn’t easy, and finding a mate can be next to impossible—an isolation that has driven unique adaptations like deep-sea gigantism, slow metabolism and extraordinary reproductive strategies.
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Its role as an apex predator points to a complex food chain where the availability of large prey could have driven the evolution of gigantism in marine snakes.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
According to the researchers, gigantism appears several times in the evolutionary history of anurans, but this is one of the few species known to have both giant frogs and tadpoles.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
In evolution, gigantism is the result of species evolving large body sizes relative to their small-bodied ancestors.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2024
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Its role as an apex predator points to a complex food chain where the availability of large prey could have driven the evolution of gigantism in marine snakes.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
According to the researchers, gigantism appears several times in the evolutionary history of anurans, but this is one of the few species known to have both giant frogs and tadpoles.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
In evolution, gigantism is the result of species evolving large body sizes relative to their small-bodied ancestors.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gigantism
Noun
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However, Bespoke noted that stocks' climb of around 20% is relatively small compared to historical performance in the aftermath of slides of this magnitude in the VIX.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
10 June 2025
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Although China is just one of the dozens of countries slapped with tariffs on its exports, the magnitude of products flowing from the country to the U.S. gives it a more outsized role on the trade lane and at the Port of Los Angeles itself.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
9 June 2025
Noun
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Brontotheres, the ancient North American ancestors of the horse, is a giantism outlier as—growing from around 40 pounds to four to five tons in 16 million years.—
Darren Orf,
Popular Mechanics,
16 May 2023
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In an especially mind-bending passage, Wengrow and Graeber show that the majority of Paleolithic tombs contained not grandees but individuals with physical anomalies including dwarfism, giantism, and spinal abnormalities.—
Virginia Heffernan,
Wired,
11 July 2022
Noun
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For Córdova, that path began with a moment of astonishment: watching a television program about neutron stars as a young woman, she was struck by the immensity of the cosmos and felt the pull of a question that would guide her for a lifetime — how does the universe work?—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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But others, thankfully, find a way to talk about the immensity of caregiving and domestic work without degrading it.—
Elissa Strauss,
Glamour,
10 May 2025
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“Gigantism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gigantism. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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