How to Use Tyrannosaurus rex in a Sentence

Tyrannosaurus rex

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  • Spinosaurus Mirabilis is believed to be roughly the size of a Tyrannosaurus rex.
    Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Suddenly, the trees part and a Tyrannosaurus rex stomps into view.
    Rj MacKenzie, Popular Science, 11 June 2026
  • The Tyrannosaurus rex skull was optimized for quick, strong bites like a crocodile.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The Tyrannosaurus rex on the cover seemed somehow familiar to me.
    Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Both areas had dinosaurs in common, such as Tyrannosaurus rex and Torosaurus.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Rookie left guard Dylan Fairchild even left with a historic piece of a Tyrannosaurus rex.
    Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 27 Dec. 2025
  • That's the weight of more than four large African savanna elephants, or more than three times the weight of a Tyrannosaurus rex.
    James Doubek, NPR, 14 May 2026
  • But new research suggests that in the case of Tyrannosaurus rex, some growth rings have escaped detection until now.
    Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Tyrannosaurus rex did, in fact, have a diminutive relative in North America.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Paleontologists have long hailed Tyrannosaurus rex as king of the dinosaurs.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
  • The scientific consensus pegged this second dinosaur as a teenage Tyrannosaurus rex — a conclusion that would soon be overturned.
    Ari Daniel, NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Ontogeny and evolution of Tyrannosaurus rex and its relatives reveal a new species of Nanotyrannus.
    Ian Randall, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Most of the tracks belong to theropods -- a clade of dinosaurs from the Cretaceous period known for their bipedal mode of walking that includes the Tyrannosaurus rex, according to the study.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Specifically, whether or not certain fossils found in Montana belonged to a young Tyrannosaurus rex or a completely separate, smaller species.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Volcano clues in enamel Some teeth, including those from Tyrannosaurus rex and the sauropod Kaatedocus siberi, showed unusual isotope signatures.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2025
  • In the Late Cretaceous, while dagger-toothed dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex dominated the land, giant marine reptiles called mosasaurs were thought to have ruled the seas unchallenged.
    Kate Wong, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2026
  • For context, a large Tyrannosaurus rex would have weighed between 9,000 and 15,000 pounds and been more than 12 meters long (about 39 feet).
    Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
  • The Dinosaur Science Show, which brings audiences face-to-face with a life-sized Tyrannosaurus rex while exploring the science behind Earth's most legendary predators.
    Alysia Burgio, CBS News, 9 June 2026
  • That discovery in 2006 now appears to have overturned decades of dinosaur dogma about Tyrannosaurus rex, the fearsome giant long thought to be the sole top predator stalking the late Cretaceous.
    Ari Daniel, NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Stan, a nearly complete skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex, is set to be the star attraction when the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi opens next month.
    Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The single specimen was discovered with 183 fossil bone elements, hitting a 63 percent complete benchmark that places it among the most complete Tyrannosaurus rexes ever found.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 28 May 2026
  • The latest clue comes from a complete skeleton — first uncovered in 2006 in Montana — that scientists say identifies the mystery reptile as its own species and not a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The first dinosaur fossils in North America were discovered in Montana in 1854, as was the world’s first Tyrannosaurus rex nearly a half-century later.
    Alex Temblador, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Scientists may have finally solved the riddle of Tyrannosaurus rex’s small arms, which have always stood out as the oddest feature in the mightiest of dinosaurs, prompting jokes and a century-plus debate on their purpose and evolutionary history.
    Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 25 May 2026
  • Medullary bone is temporary tissue that forms inside a cavity in long bones of birds and dinosaurs to provide calcium for eggshells, and was previously used in research to identify a pregnant Tyrannosaurus rex in 2016.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The space is also adorned with vitrines showcasing jewelry by David Webb, Boucheron, and René Boivin, as well as other rarities, like an asteroid fragment and a Tyrannosaurus rex tooth.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The exhibition highlights over 40 life-size animatronic replicas of dinosaurs in their habitats, such as Tyrannosaurus rex, Velociraptors and Stegosauruses.
    Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Between jokes about research funding and the scientific questions that might arise upon spotting a fuzzy pink Tyrannosaurus rex on a strange planet, Lemming uses her protagonist, Dory, to poke fun at romance tropes and graduate student woes alike.
    Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2026
  • During the Cretaceous Period, dinosaurs including Tyrannosaurus rex, triceratops and velociraptor dominated the land.
    Jack Guy, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
  • China’s LimX Dynamics has unveiled a striking demonstration of robotics and entertainment engineering, releasing new footage this week that shows a bipedal robot shifting into a full-scale Tyrannosaurus rex.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 30 Nov. 2025

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