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as in relic
one that has passed the peak of effectiveness or popularity
as an old-time big-city boss, he's become something of a dinosaur in today's political world
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as in whale
something or someone that is unusually large and powerful
not that his small lawn needed such a dinosaur, but he bought a riding mower anyway
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Recent Examples of dinosaur
Jurassic World Rebirth takes place five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion and follows an expedition to find dinosaur DNA for a new form of medicine.
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Rudie Obias, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
The researchers performed calcium isotope analysis on tooth enamel from three herbivorous dinosaurs, one carnivorous dinosaur, and a crocodyliform (Eutretauranosuchus).
—Rosie McCall, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2025
When wonderful movies become exploited, plots are completely tired out just like the Jurassic Park dinosaurs.
—Lauren Uppal, Mercury News, 22 July 2025
The free, family-friendly event will turn the park into a prehistoric playground, complete with life-sized dinosaurs, a live volcano and a variety of interactive attractions and performances, a city news release said.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025
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Rudie Obias, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
The researchers performed calcium isotope analysis on tooth enamel from three herbivorous dinosaurs, one carnivorous dinosaur, and a crocodyliform (Eutretauranosuchus).
—Rosie McCall, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2025
When wonderful movies become exploited, plots are completely tired out just like the Jurassic Park dinosaurs.
—Lauren Uppal, Mercury News, 22 July 2025
The free, family-friendly event will turn the park into a prehistoric playground, complete with life-sized dinosaurs, a live volcano and a variety of interactive attractions and performances, a city news release said.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dinosaur
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The dates of the objects do not always match up exactly, but juxtaposing relics from both cultures, made with different raw materials and in distinctive styles, helps visitors understand what each side saw during these early encounters.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
4 Aug. 2025
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Now less alarmed and more reflective, Alaina sees the letters as relics of the house's strange past.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 July 2025
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While juvenile white sharks mainly eat bottom fish, smaller sharks and rays, and schooling fish and squids, larger white sharks feed on seal and sea lion colonies and occasionally scavenge dead whales.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
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Over the course of three days, the rescue team worked to cut away the snarled ropes, with video capturing their approach to the whale in a small boat.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
12 Aug. 2025
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And as alcoholic has-been Morris, Matthau was fantastically slovenly and cynical, an anti–role model for the ages.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
25 July 2025
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Sonny strides onto the track with unruffled cool—a Pitt signature—and is laconic enough to endure a series of press conferences at which journalists are quick to label him a has-been.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
20 June 2025
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Yet, the influence the tech giants wield on the market is troubling in the event of a pullback.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
16 Aug. 2025
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At that time, the gas giant will be approximately 807 million miles(1.3 billion kilometers) from Earth, rendering the event invisible to both the naked eye and binoculars alike.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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The luxury, 387-room hotel, located in Tokyo's Roppongi Hills complex, is collaborating with the Nintendo, the parent company of Pokémon, to give its fans the ultimate respite this summer: a few nights surrounded by their favorite pocket monsters.—
Jalyn Robinson,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Aug. 2025
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Power Rangers uh, have fought monster bugs…sometimes?—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Next door is the optional adjoining Suite Jaune d’Or bathed in the golden tones of Marrakech’s desert sands, where elephants march around ceilings in sculpted relief.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Whether a baby elephant is taking its first steps or colorful birds are fluttering about, every corner presents a new perspective.—
Maija de Rijk-Uys
Published,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Aug. 2025
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Previously thought to be early domesticated dogs or tamed wolves living near humans, the animals’ remains were found near woolly mammoth bones that had been burned and cut by humans, suggesting the canids lived near a site where humans butchered mammoths.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
14 June 2025
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At the same time, research on de-extinction can also be used to protect endangered species from going extinct, in the case of the mammoth, the research can help protect endangered elephants, the company says.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Dinosaur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dinosaur. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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