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
While there are existing boxing promotions, a behemoth doesn’t yet exist in the space.
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Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
The video behemoth dropped a number of jaw-dropping stats Wednesday, along with significant updates to its TV experience, which has become a strategic priority for the platform, all connected to its anniversary.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2025
However, behemoths like the one Weston recently caught are still relatively rare.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
Project Kuiper, a subsidiary of billionaire Jeff Bezos' online commerce behemoth, is meant to one day rival the satellite constellation that SpaceX founder Elon Musk's Starlink has been building in orbit for years.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
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Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
The video behemoth dropped a number of jaw-dropping stats Wednesday, along with significant updates to its TV experience, which has become a strategic priority for the platform, all connected to its anniversary.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2025
However, behemoths like the one Weston recently caught are still relatively rare.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
Project Kuiper, a subsidiary of billionaire Jeff Bezos' online commerce behemoth, is meant to one day rival the satellite constellation that SpaceX founder Elon Musk's Starlink has been building in orbit for years.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for behemoth
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The Saadé family fortune derives from shipping and logistics transport giant CMA CGM Group, founded by Jacques Saadé in 1978 and now run by his son Rodolphe Saadé.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
12 May 2025
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Before Walgreens announced plans earlier this year to become privately held in a takeover by the investment firm Sycamore Partners for more than $10 billion, the drugstore giant was in the process of closing hundreds of stores.—
Bruce Japsen,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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The same whale had been seen floating 40 miles off the shoreline of Manasquan Inlet, New Jersey, the society said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Miami Herald,
5 May 2025
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Snorkeling and whale watching are just two thrilling experiences that Mexico’s 1,500-acre development Costa Palmas provides residents and guests along the East Cape of the Baja Peninsula.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
29 Apr. 2025
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Dark Universe is where monsters from Universal’s classic horror films – like Frankenstein, Dracula and the Invisible Man – live on in the village of Darkmoor.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Another one of Universal’s monsters features prominently in the Curse of the Werewolf spinning coaster.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 May 2025
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Hollywood regularly relies on superheroes, dinosaurs and death-defying stunts from Tom Cruise to propel the summer season, and overly familiar brands will again reign in terms of ticket sales.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
6 May 2025
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After dinosaurs went extinct, South America was dominated by large, crocodile-like reptiles called sebecids.—
Lillian Ali,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 May 2025
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Colossal plans to use similar techniques to bring back the Ice Age woolly mammoth in 2028, editing living cell nuclei from Asian elephants—the mammoth’s closest living kin—to express mammoth traits preserved in nearly 60 sets of Ice Age remains.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
7 Apr. 2025
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Colossal scientists have done a computational analysis of the ancient genetic makeup of 59 woolly, Columbian, and steppe mammoths, ranging from 3,500 to over 1,200,000 years old.—
Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Behemoth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/behemoth. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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