colossal

Example Sentences

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Pacific time launch of the colossal Space Launch System rocket with four astronauts aboard.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The pitch remained flat but the weight of a colossal target was too great.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Under our feet, massive anomalies distort our planet’s magnetic field: Manhattan-size rocks, colossal buried meteorites, chunks of crust that solidified when the poles were flipped.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Chief Executive David Zaslav and his team have worked feverishly to pay down the colossal debt that came from Discovery’s 2022 takeover of the larger WarnerMedia.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

Don José had gone crazy and been unable to finish this colossal project.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez