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Among many other sketches, Mr. Efron once explored the intricacies of olive grading, in which olives are variously labeled large, extra large, mammoth, giant, jumbo, colossal and supercolossal.

From Washington Post • Oct. 9, 2019

This supercolossal milk bar had been assembled to help the farmer and the industry maintain prices.

From Time Magazine Archive

About this time the visitor will begin to realize that the supercolossal production which is Moscow today is not being staged for him but for another kind of tourist.

From Time Magazine Archive

This last honor went to Britain's Paul Scofield, who as Thomas More plays a saint without seeming self-righteous, a giant of his age without seeming supercolossal.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now, with the help of full color, stereophonic sound, and a wider-than-widescreen process called Panavision 70, the play has been transformed into a supercolossal $5,000,000 cinemusical.

From Time Magazine Archive