as in giant
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 behemoth
McAfee did turn the tables on Gunther, nearly picking up the pinfall victory on the Austrian behemoth.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2025
Of course, executives testifying in these courts are trying their best not to make their companies sound like behemoths that need regulating (and breaking up).
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 8 May 2025
The two behemoths of the segment are Europe’s 24 Hours of Le Mans and North America’s 24 Hours of Daytona, and GMR aims to triumph over both.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 7 May 2025
Since then it’s become a global behemoth and a leading premium tequila brand, and one of the most notable expressions among many is Gran Patron Piedra.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2025
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2025
Of course, executives testifying in these courts are trying their best not to make their companies sound like behemoths that need regulating (and breaking up).
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 8 May 2025
The two behemoths of the segment are Europe’s 24 Hours of Le Mans and North America’s 24 Hours of Daytona, and GMR aims to triumph over both.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 7 May 2025
Since then it’s become a global behemoth and a leading premium tequila brand, and one of the most notable expressions among many is Gran Patron Piedra.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for behemoth
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Now, as a Wall Street giant suddenly flips from gold to bitcoin, the bitcoin price is braced for a huge week that will see U.S. president Donald Trump’s vice president JD Vance speak alongside Trump’s crypto czar David Sacks at the Bitcoin 2025 conference.—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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The gas giant's influential place in shaping our solar system is what intrigued the researchers to take a closer look it it.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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Horrifying images of dead albatrosses with clusters of colorful plastic spilling from their bodies, turtles eating plastic bags and whales entangled in plastic fishing nets are testament to how this pollution is affecting marine life.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
23 May 2025
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Warming oceans bleach coral reefs, disrupt monsoons, and alter migratory routes of birds, whales, and butterflies.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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Another one of Universal’s monsters features prominently in the Curse of the Werewolf spinning coaster.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 May 2025
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Dark Universe is where monsters from Universal’s classic horror films – like Frankenstein, Dracula and the Invisible Man – live on in the village of Darkmoor.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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In it, actors including Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali face off against some of the most terrifying dinosaurs ever featured in the franchise.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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The team brought in an animatronic dinosaur from China, which had to be durable enough to use for stunts when Ellie climbs on top of it.—
Matt Minton,
Variety,
19 May 2025
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Colossal has said their vision of restoring the woolly mammoth would not only prove that a massive extinct animal can be brought back but that the mammoth, if it could be reinserted into the Arctic region, would improve the ecosystem and help combat global warming.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2025
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At about nine feet tall at the shoulder and seven tons, Mammut were a little shorter and stockier-looking than mammoths.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Behemoth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/behemoth. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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