great white shark
noun
: a large mackerel shark (Carcharodon carcharias) of warm seas that is bluish when young but becomes whitish with age and has been known to attack humans
called also white shark
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While there’s an uptick of great white shark activity this time of year, researchers also receive many reports of ocean sunfish, also known as Mola molas.
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Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
The sunbathers of sleepy Amity Bay are helpless against the unexpected great white shark that hunts their coasts; Spielberg’s talent for suspense, effective horror shocks, and ingenious reinvention of the classic animal-attack movie remain as impressive as ever.
—Christina Newland, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Based on Peter Benchley's 1974 novel of the same name, follows a small beach town terrorized by a massive great white shark, leading local Police Chief Brody (Roy Scheider) a marine biologist, and a grizzled shark hunter Quint (Craig Kingsbury) to team up and track it down.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Its tale of how a great white shark terrorized a beach community led box offices for weeks in the summer of 1975.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
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Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
The sunbathers of sleepy Amity Bay are helpless against the unexpected great white shark that hunts their coasts; Spielberg’s talent for suspense, effective horror shocks, and ingenious reinvention of the classic animal-attack movie remain as impressive as ever.
—Christina Newland, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Based on Peter Benchley's 1974 novel of the same name, follows a small beach town terrorized by a massive great white shark, leading local Police Chief Brody (Roy Scheider) a marine biologist, and a grizzled shark hunter Quint (Craig Kingsbury) to team up and track it down.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
Its tale of how a great white shark terrorized a beach community led box offices for weeks in the summer of 1975.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for great white shark
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“Great white shark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/great%20white%20shark. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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