amazon

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Noun
  • Wells Fargo is giving a total of $6 million to six nonprofits to bolster housing access, job training and small businesses in west Charlotte, the banking giant announced Tuesday morning.
    Chase Jordan April 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Microsoft started as a consumer play — IBM was the 1970s’ enterprise giant, Steve Ballmer recalled last year — but got enough users hooked on its software that companies were forced to buy it wholesale.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In 1920, children in the area collected pennies to help the zoo buy its first elephant, and in 1940, the zoo moved reptiles into a former aquarium space.
    Caroline Foreback, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Other large exotic animals most commonly seen in zoos, such as elephants, rhinoceroses, giraffes, crocodiles, alligators, hippopotamuses, kangaroos and wallabies, are all banned, with some specific exceptions for zoos and research facilities.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • On the supply side, China is a green colossus, with enough production capacity to meet its own needs — Beijing is installing solar panels at a rate equivalent to one nuclear power station every day — and sufficient left over to green the rest of the planet, too.
    Andy Browne, semafor.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • But while those other acts continue to slog it out on the state fair/casino circuit, Journey has become a touring colossus that somehow seems to grow more popular with each passing year.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Still, the whales had been known to hunt sharks off the coast of California and around Australia.
    Michael H Gavshon, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The attraction will continue to have real arctic animals such as walruses and beluga whales on exhibit as part of its exit.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Flying Fox, a 446-foot Lürssen behemoth, was placed back on the charter market after previously being sanctioned.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Even when playing an actress from a ’90s sitcom directed by Jimmy Burrows, Kudrow is able to, against all odds, make viewers (or at least me) briefly forget about Phoebe Buffay, an otherwise unforgettable behemoth that would be impossible for any other actor to outrun.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Fossils have also been found that indicate the islands were also once home to pygmy mammoths, which only reached 4 to 6 feet tall.
    Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Surviving Earth explores the world 450M years ago featuring giant sea scorpions, mammoths and sabertooths.
    Peter White, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • This isn’t subjective mumbo-jumbo.
    Sara Payan, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Most reverse mortgage lenders also offer a proprietary jumbo reverse mortgage product for those aged 55 or older.
    Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Their spirit animal, Alex Karaban, is a college basketball dinosaur – a four-year, plant-your-feet-in-one-place-and-stay senior.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Tubi, Peacock, Amazon Prime Barney–the singing purple dinosaur who comes to life via the magic of children's imaginations–has been beloved over generations.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 6 Apr. 2026
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“Amazon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amazon. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.

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