as in giant
something that is unusually large and powerful
the newest SUV is a gas-guzzling behemoth that doesn't even fit in a standard parking space
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Recent Examples of behemoth
People talk often about players who can guard all five positions, but usually those comments are in reference to guys who switch onto any type of player — not who will begin possessions on an All-NBA behemoth like Jokić and also an All-Star guard like Murray.
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Fred Katz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Ödön Lechner and Gyula Pártos designed this neo-Gothic behemoth in the early 1880s.
—Joshua Levine, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
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
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Fred Katz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Ödön Lechner and Gyula Pártos designed this neo-Gothic behemoth in the early 1880s.
—Joshua Levine, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for behemoth
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The layoffs, which began Tuesday, will ripple across Disney’s television and movie studios, sports giant ESPN, its product and technology unit, corporate functions and marketing, according to a person familiar with the retrenchment but not authorized to comment.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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Increasingly, tech giants are paying to construct massive plants to provide energy directly to their data centers without connecting to the grid.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
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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
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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
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The wereboar growled next to Black Pudding, a hulking vicious monster, both focused on ripping Puck and Cordelia to shreds.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Daniel Bernhardt is Deathstalker, a legendary swordsman stuck with a cursed amulet who befriends swamp monsters and teams with a mini wizard (voiced by Patton Oswalt) to stop a dark magic from ruling the land.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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The university had set out to break the record in celebration of its milestone birthday and encouraged its students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors and community members to don dinosaur costumes to participate in its Rex's Jurassic Jamboree.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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Jurassic Park is a classic, full of great performances, endlessly quotable lines, and all those dinosaurs moving in herds.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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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
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Surviving Earth explores the world 450M years ago featuring giant sea scorpions, mammoths and sabertooths.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Behemoth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/behemoth. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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