AMAZONS Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

amazons

noun

plural of amazon

as in giants

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At that point, the Spanish club was confident he would soon be snapped up by one of the game’s giants for mega money, so was happy to play the long game.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Tech giants like OpenAI, Google and Anthropic offer schools training sessions in how to use their AI tools.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of giants

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For perspective, that's about the same weight as seven African bush elephants, the largest land animal on earth.

— Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Discworld is a flat earth balanced on the backs of four elephants, which are in turn standing on an enormous turtle, Great A’Tuin.

— Carline Tromp, The Dial, 18 Aug. 2026

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Daniels credits Carlyle’s connections with his being invited to Trump’s 2025 trip to the UAE and Qatar, alongside executives from Microsoft, Google, and other US corporate titans.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Anthony Hopkins has played villains and popes, presidents and dictators, titans of literature and comic book kings.

— Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of titans

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But there are two other AI behemoths still waiting in the wings for their turn to go public, and at least one of them has no intention of being eclipsed by Elon Musk.

— Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
Now, eight years and nearly two full terms later, the governor has paused those incentives as the onset of data centers has stressed energy and water resources and public opinion has swiftly turned against the tech behemoths.

— Ben Szalinski, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

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More than 1,000 whales are typically killed each year, despite ongoing concerns over high levels of heavy metals in the meat.

— Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
While transporting large mammals like whales, dolphins and polar bears by plane isn’t unheard of — SeaWorld has been doing it for decades, says Eric Otjen, vice president of zoological operations at the San Diego park.

— Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of whales

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Starting with the second film, The Lost World, a theme emerged in which dinosaurs were recast as victims who needed protecting from evil humans.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026
That shape could be consistent with tracks left by either theropods — a group that includes meat-eating dinosaurs — or ornithopods, which were bipedal herbivores.

— Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of dinosaurs

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