behemoth
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In the biblical book of Job, Behemoth is the name of a powerful grass-eating, river-dwelling beast with bones likened to bronze pipes and limbs likened to iron bars. Scholars have speculated that the biblical creature was inspired by the hippopotamus, but details about the creature’s exact nature are vague. The word first passed from Hebrew into Latin, where, according to 15th century English poet and monk John Lydgate it referred to "a beast rude full of cursednesse." In modern English, behemoth mostly functions as an evocative term for something of monstrous size, power, or appearance.
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2024
Vietnam is now Apple’s largest manufacturing hub outside of China and where the Cupertino behemoth produces iPads, AirPods, and Apple Watches.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
The aircraft maker’s goal has always been to unseat the two behemoths, and top airline industry executives have recognized COMAC’s potential as a competitor.
—Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 8 Apr. 2024
The new goal in the age of the rapper-mogul is more aligned with Nas, who was a ground-floor investor in burgeoning chicken-and-waffles behemoth Sweet Chick, or Rick Ross’ WingStop, which currently boasts more than 30 franchises nationwide.
—Abe Beame, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2024
There’s Surfside, a kids’ neighborhood full of sugary garbage, which looks out onto the frothy trail that the behemoth leaves behind itself.
—Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2024
Tech behemoths are on an AI spending spree, doling out billions to invest in, poach from, and gobble up smaller companies developing the world’s artificial intelligence technology.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
Yet endeavors like the Chip 4 Alliance risk creating a behemoth to fight a behemoth.
—Jaemin Lee, Fortune Asia, 28 Mar. 2024
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The behemoth is named Albert, according to a report from CNN affiliate WKBW.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
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“Behemoth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/behemoth. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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behemoth
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ˈbē-ə-ˌməth
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