as in giants
something that is unusually large and powerful the newest SUV is a gas-guzzling behemoth that doesn't even fit in a standard parking space
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Recent Examples of behemoths Sluggish, tail-dragging, dim-witted behemoths were out, and hot-blooded dinos were in. —
Steve Brusatte, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026 Any kid who stars at smaller schools transfers before the program can become a threat to the behemoths. —Troy Renck, Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2026 The Silicon Valley drama Cupertino from The Good Wife creators Robert and Michelle King will see a lawyer (Mike Colter) take on Silicon Valley behemoths. —Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026 The logic appeared to be that, if AI behemoths are going to train their models on Disney IP without permission, the company might as well start profiting and learning from it. —Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026 Of course, in Louisiana, with its cheap, abundant, and locally refined gasoline, many civilians drive these behemoths, too, so at school pickups, organizers asked parents to roll their windows down and blast music, something that joyless agents would never do. —Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026 YouTube would happily add those company’s games to its service, but the other behemoths are currently more interested in becoming hubs themselves. —Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2026 After the recent downturn, many of those tech behemoths are now trading at valuations rarely seen. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026 That figure marks 20 quarters of growth for the brand overall, as other luxury behemoths such as LVMH and Gucci owner Kering have seen setbacks amid an ongoing luxury slump. —Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2026
Steve Brusatte, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026 Any kid who stars at smaller schools transfers before the program can become a threat to the behemoths. —Troy Renck, Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2026 The Silicon Valley drama Cupertino from The Good Wife creators Robert and Michelle King will see a lawyer (Mike Colter) take on Silicon Valley behemoths. —Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026 The logic appeared to be that, if AI behemoths are going to train their models on Disney IP without permission, the company might as well start profiting and learning from it. —Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026 Of course, in Louisiana, with its cheap, abundant, and locally refined gasoline, many civilians drive these behemoths, too, so at school pickups, organizers asked parents to roll their windows down and blast music, something that joyless agents would never do. —Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026 YouTube would happily add those company’s games to its service, but the other behemoths are currently more interested in becoming hubs themselves. —Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2026 After the recent downturn, many of those tech behemoths are now trading at valuations rarely seen. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026 That figure marks 20 quarters of growth for the brand overall, as other luxury behemoths such as LVMH and Gucci owner Kering have seen setbacks amid an ongoing luxury slump. —Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for behemoths
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For Cook, Apple's privacy-first approach to user data has long been a differentiator compared to other tech giants like Meta and Google, which specialize in letting brands target users with ads.— Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
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And that’s worked to Apple’s advantage as investors have shopped for an alternative to volatile tech giants scrambling to outspend one another on data centers and circular financing deals.— Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
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Our days were spent beach combing on semi-secret islands with up-close views of whales, porpoises, and eagles.— Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
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That will give commercial crabbers using traditional vertical lines — the ones that can entangle migrating whales — a little less than two weeks to wrap up their seasons in San Francisco and Half Moon Bay.— Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
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Small plastic children’s toys lined at the top of the car — dinosaurs and dump trucks and sharks — creating their own shrunken skyline in front of the Vertigo, signaling that young kids likely lived there.— Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
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Though not as big or catastrophic as the asteroid theorized to have wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, Apophis would cause widespread destruction up to several hundred kilometers from its impact site.— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
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So many of my favorite filmmakers over the years have been exposed as monsters.— Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2026
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No further films in the series are planned, though Universal did repurpose the name Dark Universe for an area of its Epic Universe theme park featuring the classic monsters.— Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
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These totals are minuscule compared with some of the titans of Esports gaming.— Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 10 Apr. 2026
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Their show is a high-energy mix of friendly interviews with tech titans, industry gossip, and celebrations of funding rounds and other successes that involve banging a giant gong.— Shannon Bond, NPR, 8 Apr. 2026
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Fossils have also been found that indicate the islands were also once home to pygmy mammoths, which only reached 4 to 6 feet tall.— Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026
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Surviving Earth explores the world 450M years ago featuring giant sea scorpions, mammoths and sabertooths.— Peter White, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026
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