as in gigantic
unusually large
a colossal statue of the town's founder
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Recent Examples of colossal
This colossal structure is about 307 meters tall and weighs up to 8,000 tonnes.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
29 June 2026
With a footprint equivalent to the largest pyramids of ancient Egypt, Cahokia’s colossal Monks Mound is the largest pre-Columbian structure north of central Mexico.
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Joe Yogerst,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
Bringing home a colossal 85-inch home theater display equipped with thousands of active local dimming zones and AI scenario scaling for under $1,000 is an exceptional value.
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Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
24 June 2026
Twenty-six years later, Kaufman was tapped to score indie developer Yacht Club Games’s Mina the Hollower, a throwback to the look and feel of 8-bit GBC games but with the type of colossal world, grandiose story, and elaborate gameplay typically reserved to the Soulsborne games.
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Billie Bugara,
Pitchfork,
23 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for colossal
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
29 June 2026
With a footprint equivalent to the largest pyramids of ancient Egypt, Cahokia’s colossal Monks Mound is the largest pre-Columbian structure north of central Mexico.
—
Joe Yogerst,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
Bringing home a colossal 85-inch home theater display equipped with thousands of active local dimming zones and AI scenario scaling for under $1,000 is an exceptional value.
—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
24 June 2026
Twenty-six years later, Kaufman was tapped to score indie developer Yacht Club Games’s Mina the Hollower, a throwback to the look and feel of 8-bit GBC games but with the type of colossal world, grandiose story, and elaborate gameplay typically reserved to the Soulsborne games.
—
Billie Bugara,
Pitchfork,
23 June 2026
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While running your air conditioner is likely a must, there are actually other ways to keep your home cooler that don't involve blasting your AC or a gigantic electric bill.
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Those include partnering to develop digital workflows and their joint-ownership in the Terafab facility that plans to produce a gigantic one terawatt a year in compute hardware.
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Authors think humans might just be able to leverage a few tools at our disposal to change the course of huge weather events.
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Technology companies are spending big to incorporate artificial intelligence into their businesses and to build huge data centers.
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But for prices, the distinction makes an enormous difference, Kaneva noted.
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The wave that hit downtown Kansas City on Thursday wasn’t like what the city has seen before, even in enormous parades for Chiefs’ Super Bowl or Royals’ World Series victories.
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The only food stall that was open during kickoff sold turkey legs for $23, a smash cheeseburger for $20 and a giant western sausage for $20.
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The bodice also included a giant bow at the neck.
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The vast majority of those flights — 80% of them — have been dedicated to building out the company's Starlink broadband megaconstellation in low Earth orbit.
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In the final days of the war, the Nazis sought to destroy the party’s vast collection of membership cards and took them to a pulp mill near Munich for that reason.
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The country also has made a massive push to switch to electric vehicles, which reduced Chinese oil consumption by 1 million barrels per day, the International Energy Agency estimates.
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The brand is celebrating Prime Day with massive markdowns on its latest and greatest electronics like the Apple Watch SE 3, the AirPods Pro 3, and the 2026 MacBook Air laptop.
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After soaring to tremendous heights and leading the market for years, AI stocks have been under pressure recently because of worries their profits can’t possibly keep pace with the tremendous rallies for their stock prices.
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Seismic events release tremendous amounts of seismic energy.
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Wind Creek Chicago Southland Casino, Hotel and Spa is located adjacent to the mammoth Thornton Quarry, a south suburban landmark bisected by Interstate 294.
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Brandon Marsh tied it with a mammoth homer.
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“Colossal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colossal. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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