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as in relic
one that has passed the peak of effectiveness or popularity
as an old-time big-city boss, he's become something of a dinosaur in today's political world
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as in whale
something or someone that is unusually large and powerful
not that his small lawn needed such a dinosaur, but he bought a riding mower anyway
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Recent Examples of dinosaur
The lower body and tail had the largest polygonal scales, although most were tiny pebble-like scales just 1–4 millimeters across, surprisingly small for a dinosaur growing to over 40 feet in length.
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Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Discovering large areas of the outer fleshy surface of a dinosaur is the find of a lifetime.
—Paul C. Sereno, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2025
See it In the Quebrada de Santo Domingo in Argentina, paleontologists have discovered a new dinosaur species named Huayracursor jaguensis.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
An example from Meta shows an edit where someone is put into a dinosaur outfit and appears to be abducted by a UFO.
—PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Discovering large areas of the outer fleshy surface of a dinosaur is the find of a lifetime.
—Paul C. Sereno, The Conversation, 24 Oct. 2025
See it In the Quebrada de Santo Domingo in Argentina, paleontologists have discovered a new dinosaur species named Huayracursor jaguensis.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
An example from Meta shows an edit where someone is put into a dinosaur outfit and appears to be abducted by a UFO.
—PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dinosaur
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Step into a time warp of vintage gas pumps, racing memorabilia, and unusual roadside relics at Mendenhall’s Museum.—
Maggie Downs,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Oct. 2025
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Eight other jewels - all relics of France's imperial history - remain missing.—
NPR,
NPR,
25 Oct. 2025
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Next, a 10,000-pound concrete-and-steel battering ram was used to punch 24-foot holes through the ice, beginning at the far end of the whales' four-mile path to freedom, so as not to alarm them.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The species feeds by relying on symbiotic bacteria to break down fats inside the bones of large vertebrates, like whales.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
30 Oct. 2025
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In other words, the vainly hopeful Larry is about to endure twin humiliations, leaving him feeling bumped out of his life and into the past—a has-been, instantly old.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
10 Oct. 2025
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DiCaprio makes a great, vital has-been, squinting at the horrors around him in disbelief, but mostly, driven by the need to protect his child.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
18 Sep. 2025
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Disney’s channels have been removed from YouTube’s pay-TV platform after the two media giants failed to reach a new carriage agreement before Thursday’s midnight deadline passed.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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The price of a share of Netflix is about to get less expensive, with the streaming giant’s board of directors signing off on a 10-for-one stock split, the company said Thursday.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Oct. 2025
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With no one on in the bottom of the seventh, Ohtani hit a monster home run off Seranthony Dominguez to tie the game once again.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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Ohtani’s monster 4-4 night – which included two home runs, two doubles, an astonishing five walks and 12 total bases – helped the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-5 win in 18 innings on Monday.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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However, by 2013, the King's multiple scandals had caught up with him, and he was maligned for his romantic affairs, financial misappropriation and an infamous elephant hunting trip to Africa.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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To achieve this breakthrough, the team drew inspiration from an unlikely source – the elephant’s trunk.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Oct. 2025
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Humans have had an impact on biodiversity as far back as 130,000 years ago, with the disappearance of mammoths and giant sloths—and extinction has continued in our wake as the human race spread across the globe.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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After a mammoth run through North America as part of the After Hours Til Dawn Tour, Abel’s heading overseas in 2026.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Dinosaur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dinosaur. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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