as in whales
something that is unusually large and powerful
the winner in the contest for biggest pumpkin was a jumbo that weighed in at over a thousand pounds
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The whales are selling up, according to Jefferies analyst Andrew Moss.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
6 Feb. 2026 -
With the storm and dead whales came polar bears.—
Scott Haugen,
Outdoor Life,
4 Feb. 2026
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Meta was one of the major Big Tech firms that went big on open-sourcing with its Llama model in early 2023, though most US giants have largely eschewed that approach in order to protect their intellectual property.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Tech giants have repeatedly relied on Section 230, a federal law that shields them from liability over content that their users post, as a defense against safety claims.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Tree ferns, survivors from the age of the dinosaurs, towered above.—
Betsy Andrews,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Feb. 2026
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From tiny proto‑dinosaurs like Marasuchus to giants like Plateosaurus and Mamenchisaurus, 'The Dinosaurs' runs the gamut, illustrating how dinosaurs evolved across millennia in response to a volatile world.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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The 308-pound calf was the first elephant born at the zoo in almost 25 years and only the third elephant birth in the zoo’s 136-year history.—
Michael E. Ruane,
Washington Post,
14 Feb. 2026
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Zimbabwe’s biggest national park also houses large elephant populations and more than 400 bird species.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Feb. 2026
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Monster High centers around a fictional high school attended by the teenage children of famous monsters and has expanded into various forms of media thus far.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
3 Feb. 2026
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Original characters will return to fight new monsters and solve a paranormal mystery.—
Marina Johnson,
IndyStar,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Jumbos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jumbos. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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