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colossal

[kuh-los-uhl] / kəˈlɒs əl /


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He told reporters that there had been a "colossal breach of trust".

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

“To spend billions of dollars to build a subway under a street that has no ridership would have been a colossal mistake,” Yaroslavsky told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Stellantis, formed in 2021 through a merger of France's PSA Group and Italian-American company Fiat-Chrysler, booked a colossal 20-billion-euro charge on its 2025 results as it sought to pivot away from the EV sector.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Other men who have made colossal errors have retained their posts.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

The walls, the paneling, the pervasive heaviness of nearly new fixtures, the colossal firedogs, the walk-in fireplaces of bright new stone referred back through the centuries to a time of lonely castles in mute forests.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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