as in gigantic
unusually large
a colossal statue of the town's founder
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Recent Examples of colossal
As the name suggests, the colossal 15-ton segment of the ship’s starboard hull is the largest artifact ever raised from the Titanic, stretching more than 26 feet across.
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Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 6 July 2025
But the year after settling into the colossal abode, Lopez and Affleck separated.
—India Roby, Architectural Digest, 3 July 2025
But a tantalizing discovery reported this past April links the r-process to a colossal flare from a highly magnetic star.
—Jenna Ahart, Quanta Magazine, 2 July 2025
The three most colossal creatures across land, sea and air within that tropical biosphere hold, in their DNA, the key to a drug that will bring miraculous life-saving benefits to humankind.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 July 2025
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Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 6 July 2025
But the year after settling into the colossal abode, Lopez and Affleck separated.
—India Roby, Architectural Digest, 3 July 2025
But a tantalizing discovery reported this past April links the r-process to a colossal flare from a highly magnetic star.
—Jenna Ahart, Quanta Magazine, 2 July 2025
The three most colossal creatures across land, sea and air within that tropical biosphere hold, in their DNA, the key to a drug that will bring miraculous life-saving benefits to humankind.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colossal
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There will be immediate deduction of research and development, which sounds like a snoozer but historically has brought about a gigantic geyser of money toward the creation of new products, which need lots of equipment to test and build.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
13 July 2025
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The main event seems like a formality with Hangman Adam Page a gigantic favorite to win.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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That's all much the same as on the 5 N. With the 6 N, though, Hyundai's engineers made some significant improvements in the car's virtual shifting, which is a huge part of what makes this series so much fun.—
Tim Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
14 July 2025
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He’s been a huge part of us being in contention and he’s pitched very, very well.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 July 2025
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And for what? To cover only a fraction of the enormous cost of the bill, which will add more than $3 trillion to the federal debt by 2034.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
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The amount of water that fell rapidly on Friday is estimated around 100 billion gallons, an enormous volume that almost doubles the daily flow over Niagara Falls, according to KSAT.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 July 2025
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One of his daughters remembers earning dessert by hopping a giant lap of the backyard on her left foot.—
Henry Abbott,
The Atlantic,
12 July 2025
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More of the giant spiders could come up to the Northeast this year, Davis said.—
Rick Sobey,
Hartford Courant,
12 July 2025
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In the United States, childhood vaccine coverage has been declining, and the vast majority of measles cases this year – more than 90% – have been in people who were unvaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
15 July 2025
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First, keep in mind that AGI and ASI will have been data trained by the vast stores of human writing.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Until now, the most massive back hole merger was GW190521, detected in 2020.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
14 July 2025
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After China fired ballistic missiles at American bases in Japan, the fighting exploded, with the U.S. launching massive strikes against the mainland and Japanese jets attacking Chinese ships.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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This accessible game seems simple but has tremendous replayability and strategic depth.—
Simon Hill,
Wired News,
11 July 2025
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The left-handed hitter has a smooth clean swing with tremendous bat-to-ball skills that includes great vision.—
Jim Bowden,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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The mammoth project is expected to be built in phases with the first one, Fernández said, expected by 2029.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 July 2025
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Getting to the final and then winning the Club World Cup would be a major statement for either side without mentioning its mammoth prize money, and Madrid and PSG now stand in each other’s way of achieving that.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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“Colossal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colossal. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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