as in giants
something that is unusually large and powerful
this newest ocean liner is a true titan of the sea
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Recent Examples of titans
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.
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Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 4 Apr. 2026
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
And that idea, of having a seat at the table, could never be more relevant at a time where tech titans seem to be gambling with the future of humanity.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026
The titans of gaming are combining the block-stacking puzzle gameplay of Tetris with the alien invasion action of Space Invaders for an entirely new take on the storied franchises.
—Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Presidents, movie stars, and titans of industry stayed at the hotel, and its glamour established Monterey as a premiere destination for the rich.
—Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 30 Mar. 2026
The K-pop titans returned March 20 with a free concert in Seoul, South Korea, after a four-year hiatus so the group members could complete mandatory military service and focus on solo projects.
—Thomas Smith, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2026
The film features Roher, who won an Oscar for his 2022 doc about Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, interviewing AI titans like Altman, Anthropic’s Daniela and Dario Amodei and Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis.
—Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
There’s also been a wider variety of brands like Saucony and Salomon alongside the titans.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2026
Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 4 Apr. 2026
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
And that idea, of having a seat at the table, could never be more relevant at a time where tech titans seem to be gambling with the future of humanity.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026
The titans of gaming are combining the block-stacking puzzle gameplay of Tetris with the alien invasion action of Space Invaders for an entirely new take on the storied franchises.
—Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Presidents, movie stars, and titans of industry stayed at the hotel, and its glamour established Monterey as a premiere destination for the rich.
—Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 30 Mar. 2026
The K-pop titans returned March 20 with a free concert in Seoul, South Korea, after a four-year hiatus so the group members could complete mandatory military service and focus on solo projects.
—Thomas Smith, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2026
The film features Roher, who won an Oscar for his 2022 doc about Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, interviewing AI titans like Altman, Anthropic’s Daniela and Dario Amodei and Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis.
—Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
There’s also been a wider variety of brands like Saucony and Salomon alongside the titans.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for titans
Noun
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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.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
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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
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
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“Titans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/titans. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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