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- noun Plural form of
goliath .
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Examples
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Independent labels, seeing the weakness of the old major-label goliaths, have leapt into the breach, and many of them are now healthier than ever.
Stereophile RSS Feed 2009
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'goliaths' hell-bent on our destruction … See you at the battle of Armeggdon!
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'goliaths' hell-bent on our destruction … See you at the battle of Armeggdon!
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Textbooks in high school and college credited those goliaths with creating all the distinctive cultural and institutional characteristics of the United States.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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The pink pound and the hip-hop dollar are now goliaths in mainstream society.
Gary Nunn: Is It Odd for a White Gay Man to Love Hip-Hop? Gary Nunn 2012
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The pink pound and the hip-hop dollar are now goliaths in mainstream society.
Gary Nunn: Is It Odd for a White Gay Man to Love Hip-Hop? Gary Nunn 2012
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Industry goliaths get partial credit for the surge in Ogden.
Where the Action Is Emily Maltby 2011
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In essence, the goliaths of technology have placed a high-stakes bet on their ability to seduce couch potatoes with greater interactivity, yet it remains debatable whether viewers really covet a more active experience on a device known popularly as the boob tube.
Smart TV: Still The Tech World's Afghanistan? Bianca Bosker 2011
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The reason why this does not happen is because those entertainment industry mediums are filled with goliaths and juggernauts like Best Buy, Blockbuster, and FYE.
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There could be no economic incentive for building another of these goliaths when sales of whale meat are falling and huge, unmarketable stockpiles of whale meat are stuffing freezers in Japan.
Hardy Jones: What Next for Japanese Whaling? Hardy Jones 2011
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