sleeping giant

noun

: one that has great but unrealized or newly emerging power

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The League Cup represented the opportunity to heave the biggest monkey in English soccer off the back of an endlessly sleeping giant. Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025 Investors have long viewed WhatsApp as Meta Platforms ′ sleeping giant. Paulina Likos, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2025 In making such quick work of the Kennedy Center, Trump has awakened a sleeping giant: the silent majority of Americans who prefer their art to align with their values and those of their nation. Peter Tonguette, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Mar. 2025 Yet there’s every reason to believe San Jose could in fact a sleeping giant if Arena’s project leads to a long-term revival on the field, combined with strong decision making in the club marketing department off the pitch. Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sleeping giant

Word History

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sleeping giant was in 1970

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“Sleeping giant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleeping%20giant. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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