gigantism

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An industry less prone to gigantism might have avoided those horrors.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2024

These animals are a famous example of "polar gigantism," a phenomenon where certain organisms in polar regions, such as the Arctic and Antarctic, grow to much larger sizes than their relatives in warmer climates.

From Science Daily • Feb. 18, 2024

The ability to continue growing throughout the year may have been a key innovation, sustained by great migrations, that facilitated the emergence of gigantism in early sauropods.

From Scientific American • Aug. 15, 2023

It shows that gigantism in marine turtles developed independently in separate Cretaceous lineages in North America and Europe.

From Reuters • Nov. 17, 2022

Like the buildup of super-tall skyscrapers along the Asian rim in our own time, architectural gigantism followed the accumulation of sufficient money and political confidence to make such gestures.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro