as in gigantic
unusually large
people seem to be buying ever more gargantuan SUVs these days
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That’s nowhere clearer than in the climactic final confrontation between Noa and Proximus Caesar’s brute in command, an imposing gorilla named Sylva (Eka Darville), which takes place within a gargantuan armory that’s flooding quickly around them.
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Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
The ‘blazing furnace’ The real estate mogul’s downfall was stunning for the gargantuan scale of the fraud, rattling a country which has long projected an image of authoritarian stability.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
Alongside this explosion in growth has emerged a gargantuan demand for the right talent and workforce to ideate and develop these products.
—Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.d., J.d., Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Vertiv has benefited since the debut of the widely accessible chatbot in late Nov., 2022 as investors scoured the market for secondary winners from the buildout of large language models and gargantuan data centers.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2024
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Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
The ‘blazing furnace’ The real estate mogul’s downfall was stunning for the gargantuan scale of the fraud, rattling a country which has long projected an image of authoritarian stability.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
Alongside this explosion in growth has emerged a gargantuan demand for the right talent and workforce to ideate and develop these products.
—Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.d., J.d., Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Vertiv has benefited since the debut of the widely accessible chatbot in late Nov., 2022 as investors scoured the market for secondary winners from the buildout of large language models and gargantuan data centers.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2024
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The gigantic Young-Hee is among the first things players see when their number is called.Jennifer Maas, Variety, 19 Dec. 2024
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Start showing off your personal style with gigantic hair bows, sneaker charms, busy necklaces, and layered keychains—in this, more is more.Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2024
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Palmistry experienced a huge resurgence in 19th-century England and America, just as the science of fingerprints was being developed.Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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But, even before that, in July, Israel killed Hamas’s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran, which was a huge sign to Israelis that the old Israel was back and could do anything anywhere.Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
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Lyman, armed with an enormous iced coffee from Dunkin’, seemed to be in better spirits.Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
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Rumble has spent an enormous amount of money to get to this point.Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Last chance: Cincinnati Nights of Lights This drive-thru holiday light show features giant Christmas trees, glowing snowflakes, dancing candy canes and more.Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 1 Jan. 2025
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In summer months, locals and visitors love scalloping, the underwater equivalent of a giant Easter egg hunt.Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024
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For the vast majority of whitetails, this isn’t true.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 19 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, in developing markets such as the Philippines or Vietnam, the primary challenge has been financial inclusion - addressing the vast unmet need for basic banking services among the underbanked and unbanked populations.Zennon Kapron, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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At the same time, enrollments in community colleges, the front door to college for millions of students, are up – rebounding since the massive declines forced by the pandemic.Derek Newton, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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The Wizards were without their two-best players, Jordan Poole and Kyle Kuzma, but got a massive performance from New York native and Brooklyn’s Bishop Loughlin alumni Justin Champagnie, who finished with 31 points and 10 rebounds on 5-of-6 shooting from three-point range.Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 29 Dec. 2024
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The accident, the world’s deadliest plane crash in recent years, turned the airport in Muan County into a place of colossal grief and shock for the hundreds of victims’ relatives who had rushed there.John Yoon, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Thirteen other strikers also found the net more times, including Golden Boot winner Shearer with a colossal 19 more goals than him.The Athletic UK Football Writers, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Together, the two Knicks wings are playing tremendous basketball.James L. Edwards III, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
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Despite the tremendous changes around her, Ado’s roots remain unchanged.Billboard Japan, Billboard, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Gargantuan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gargantuan. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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