as in whale
something or someone that is unusually large and powerful
by any standard, the new shopping mall will be an elephant and one that is certain to alter the retail landscape
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Recent Examples of elephant
Seeing it three or more times—as is the case for booze bottles, monkeys and gorillas, elephants, and many other subjects and objects in Pollock's paintings—makes those images very unlikely to be randomly provoked perceptions without any basis in reality.
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Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025
The intrigue: For the first time, the original herd of 100 elephant sculptures will be joined by the biggest elephant yet in Houston.
—Shafaq Patel, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
Sadly, six elephants died as a result of a collision, while two other elephants were injured and treated by wildlife officers.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025
This lineage once ruled the food chain in the time after dinosaurs went extinct, preying on primates, early hippos, early elephants and hyraxes, but were later wiped out themselves.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
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Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025
The intrigue: For the first time, the original herd of 100 elephant sculptures will be joined by the biggest elephant yet in Houston.
—Shafaq Patel, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
Sadly, six elephants died as a result of a collision, while two other elephants were injured and treated by wildlife officers.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025
This lineage once ruled the food chain in the time after dinosaurs went extinct, preying on primates, early hippos, early elephants and hyraxes, but were later wiped out themselves.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elephant
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Skin biopsy samples confirmed that changes had occurred in the whales’ diets.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
26 Feb. 2025
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Lines dotted with buoys were wrapped around the whale’s torso and tail, posing a threat to its survival.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
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Their biggest rallies came during market rotations in July and November when investors briefly shifted their focus away from the tech giants and toward smaller companies.—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
1 Mar. 2025
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The boycott for retail giant Walmart will be taking place just a few weeks after from April 7 to 14.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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Its feathers and wishbone align it with birds, while its teeth, claws and bony tail tie it to theropod dinosaurs.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Cooper was inked with another dinosaur, which Wyatt pointed to in the picture.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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Potgieter is usually a monster off the tee, leading the tour in driving distance coming into the week.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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Related Articles Heat’s Bam Adebayo hitting stride when needed most; ‘He’s been a monster for us’ ASK IRA: Can Terry Rozier even be a Plan B for the Heat at this stage?—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Mar. 2025
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Previous excavations have found evidence that a mammoth was killed or scavenged at the site, according to a statement from the University of Wyoming.—
Julia Binswanger,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 Dec. 2024
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Woolly mammoths were larger than modern-day African elephants, according to Czech Radio, but lived during the Ice Ages so were covered in thick fur.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Elephant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elephant. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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