as in whale
something or someone that is unusually large and powerful
by any standard, the new shopping mall will be an elephant and one that is certain to alter the retail landscape
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as in whales
something or someone that is unusually large and powerful
by any standard, the new shopping mall will be an elephant and one that is certain to alter the retail landscape
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Recent Examples of elephant
Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
It's become the boy who cried wolf, bear, moose, badger, wombat, elephant, natterjack toad, mandrel, meerkat, blue whale, lesser skink, prairie dog, ferret, wildebeest, dingo, tree kangaroo, sloth, anteater, blue-footed booby, Norwegian Blue, and half the catalog in the Museum of Natural History.
—New Atlas, 24 Jan. 2026
Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
This feature came in handy during the outdoor excursions on my trip, namely kayaking on a lake in Thailand while looking for elephants.
—Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
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Coral planting in Costa Rica, women’s empowerment projects in Morocco, artisan preservation in Japan and Sweden, and elephant sanctuaries in Botswana are embedded into itineraries.
—Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
It's become the boy who cried wolf, bear, moose, badger, wombat, elephant, natterjack toad, mandrel, meerkat, blue whale, lesser skink, prairie dog, ferret, wildebeest, dingo, tree kangaroo, sloth, anteater, blue-footed booby, Norwegian Blue, and half the catalog in the Museum of Natural History.
—New Atlas, 24 Jan. 2026
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In November, the actress and reality star made headlines for being pictured with what appeared to be an Hermés Birkin purse made out of elephant leather.
—Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
This feature came in handy during the outdoor excursions on my trip, namely kayaking on a lake in Thailand while looking for elephants.
—Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
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“Elephant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elephant. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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