colossal
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As colossal as it appears in photographs, it is surprisingly small when you come upon it, tucked away in its wooded setting in the Albert Einstein Science Park.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Nolan’s crew watched anxiously as the surf tore pieces off their colossal prop of fiberglass, wood and steel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The Times, meanwhile, described it as "a masterpiece in every way", and the Standard praised the film as a "colossal piece of cinema".
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Large language models are the technology that underpins chatbots and many other AI tools, with their capacity to crunch through colossal amounts of digital data.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Two colossal brutes were fighting in front of a stone building just ahead of us, blocking the route in either direction.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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