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
Hyperscalers and cloud behemoths—from Microsoft to Meta—are investing heavily in data centers.
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
That is leading to less frequent competition, which is not helpful for a sport that has long struggled to find a foothold among the behemoths of the NFL and the NBA.
—Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
These behemoths are primarily technology firms, which dominate the upper echelons of the index due to their growth in areas like AI, cloud computing, and digital services.
—Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
There’s certainly precedent for startups growing into behemoths by serving other startups (take Stripe, for example).
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Earth-moving behemoths roll ponderously, men march about in hi-vis and helmets.
—Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Those of us attending try to strike a balance between seeing the important movies and the adventurous ones, the behemoths and the sleepers.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
Layoffs have hit nearly every organization that makes this kind of audio, from corporate behemoths like Spotify to successful start-ups like Pushkin Industries to the public-radio godfather of it all, This American Life.
—Eric Benson, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025
Leave it to Las Vegas oddsmakers to illuminate a fascinating contrast between college football’s behemoths, the SEC and Big Ten, as the 2025 season approaches.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2025
Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
That is leading to less frequent competition, which is not helpful for a sport that has long struggled to find a foothold among the behemoths of the NFL and the NBA.
—Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
These behemoths are primarily technology firms, which dominate the upper echelons of the index due to their growth in areas like AI, cloud computing, and digital services.
—Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
There’s certainly precedent for startups growing into behemoths by serving other startups (take Stripe, for example).
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Earth-moving behemoths roll ponderously, men march about in hi-vis and helmets.
—Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Those of us attending try to strike a balance between seeing the important movies and the adventurous ones, the behemoths and the sleepers.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
Layoffs have hit nearly every organization that makes this kind of audio, from corporate behemoths like Spotify to successful start-ups like Pushkin Industries to the public-radio godfather of it all, This American Life.
—Eric Benson, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025
Leave it to Las Vegas oddsmakers to illuminate a fascinating contrast between college football’s behemoths, the SEC and Big Ten, as the 2025 season approaches.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for behemoths
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Its shares fell more than 2% Wednesday after the Financial Times, citing sources, said China has ordered local tech giants to stop tests and orders of the Nvidia RTX Pro 6000D chip.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Pharmaceutical giants Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk were among those targeted, along with telehealth company Hims & Hers, whose stock fell nearly 6% Tuesday.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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While critics have voiced concern about the ability of whales to skew markets, prediction markets are built in such a way that, when prices give a distorted view of reality, betting the other way proves profitable.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Sep. 2025
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Essentially, the whales started a fad of playing with boat rudders.—
Ramon Padilla,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Overall, the collected plant evidence shows that the area was humid and forested when the dinosaurs roamed.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
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Researchers have debated for decades how these dinosaurs used their signature dome.—
Jack Tamisiea,
Scientific American,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This quiz invites you to explore the darker corners of sci-fi literature, where monsters lurk not just in shadows, but in laboratories, alien worlds and post-apocalyptic wastelands.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Watch out for monsters under the bed.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
16 Sep. 2025
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The individuals around the table are titans—CEOs, surgeons, partners at major law firms.—
Benjamin D. Summers,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Bolden also thanked his husband, Adair Curtis, and the titans Phylis Hyman, Nina Simone, and James Baldwin.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
12 Sep. 2025
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These were places rich with prey like bison, camels, horses and even young mammoths.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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This finding raises the possibility that mammoths, as close relatives of modern elephants, might have been susceptible to similar infections.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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