gigantism

Example Sentences

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Even the plane’s main appeal, its gigantism, has drawn criticism as a holdover of Soviet mentality that Ukraine has no need for today.

From New York Times

The effect, surely intended, of all this gigantism is the diminution of the individual.

From Washington Post

Taken together, they showed that whale gigantism is driven by the animals’ ability to increase their net energy gain using specialized foraging mechanisms.

From Salon

Serra kept his evolution to gigantism primarily in town and in art parks, where it could relate to existing structures and tended landscapes.

From The New Yorker

Although this often occurs on islands, it is different from a similar phenomenon, island gigantism, in which small, existing creatures become slightly bigger after they leave the mainland.

From New York Times