colossus
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Leo Tolstoy’s 1869 colossus clocks in at more than 1,200 pages in most English-language editions.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
The social networking colossus raised its capital expenditures for this year to a range of $125 billion to $145 billion without laying out exactly how that investment would translate into profit.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
Yet while the structure is designed to be undetectable from the inside, it’s a full-blown metallic colossus on the outside — visible from the surrounding L.A. freeways.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
He's been a total colossus in this fixture in the past and he was again on Saturday.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
Mackintosh and his entourage were now entering Levittown proper, the postwar suburban colossus.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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