as in gigantic
unusually large
a mammoth book with color plates of birds native to North America
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as in whale
something that is unusually large and powerful
even as sport-utility vehicles go, that one is a mammoth
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Recent Examples of mammoth
Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 7 June 2025
The mammoth bill, which is backed by President Trump, narrowly passed the House of Representatives last month and is now being worked on in the Senate, which is expected to make at least some changes.
—Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
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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And are there any takers for Anunoby’s mammoth contract for a non-cornerstone player?
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 7 June 2025
The mammoth bill, which is backed by President Trump, narrowly passed the House of Representatives last month and is now being worked on in the Senate, which is expected to make at least some changes.
—Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Noun
All of them successfully expressed the gold, woolly hair of the mammoth as well as its accelerated lipid metabolism.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mammoth
Adjective
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Reid Neumann, the director of marketing for GPS Hospitality, handed Baker a gigantic check.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2025
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Joe gives El the location where Emery is going to seal a gigantic drug deal the next day.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
5 June 2025
Noun
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Sightings of dead whales should be reported to the Academy's department of Ornithology and Mammalogy.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
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The establishment of the Orcas, whose team colors are distinctly light green but also has black, white and orange to reflect the natural colors of the orca whale, has been a welcome start to igniting cricket in the area.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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Both days culminate in a giant street party and concert covering a multi-block stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue.—
Ashraf Khalil,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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This places it in the upper echelons of a type of planet called super-Earths — giant, probably rocky worlds.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
6 June 2025
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Covert operations expert Zora Bennett (Johansson) attempts to secure the genetic material from the dinosaurs but ends up stranded with a civilian family on an island that holds a secret being kept from humanity for decades.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2025
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At the peak of his fame, Alvarez was one of the world’s most prominent scientists—a Nobel laureate whose career ranged from Hiroshima to the extinction of the dinosaurs.—
Alec Nevala-Lee
June 11,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
Adjective
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Merz recently vowed to make Germany’s army the strongest in Europe, but in order to meet that pledge, he will be required to spend huge sums of money to modernize, train and equip soldiers.—
Sebastian Shukla,
CNN Money,
8 June 2025
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The sixth installment in Warner Bros. and New Line’s long-running horror property, in which people die in increasingly insane incidents, is a huge hit.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
8 June 2025
Noun
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Aptly credited, The Stranger (Brian Villalobos) is only part of that problem and not the centerpiece practical effects portion of this film that monster fans should look forward to.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
8 June 2025
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These are no longer simple monster features with slight tints of horror.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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The enormous success of Prey showed us that the best Predator stories may be the truly standalone ones.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
13 June 2025
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The cryptographic community is already preparing, and the financial incentives to preserve the integrity of Bitcoin are enormous.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
Noun
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His wife and artistic counterpart, Elaine de Kooning, kept a studio across the narrow harbor in the North West Woods; and Lucy’s mother, Lisa de Kooning, sculpted bronze-cast animals—elephants, cows, rams—many of which still keep watch over the house.—
Alessandra Schade,
Vogue,
7 June 2025
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No, Johnson wanted to talk about the, um, elephants (?) in the room, eventually making Fallon give her a tissue to stuff down the front of her outfit.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
5 June 2025
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“Mammoth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mammoth. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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