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
On April 2, the moon will be hanging just above and to the right of the behemoth of our solar system.
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Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 30 Mar. 2025
It has been widely reported that Amazon is making changes to Alexa as the online shopping and cloud technology behemoth prepares to release a new AI update called Alexa Plus.
—Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Reed is brilliant beyond imagination, and Ben is a physical behemoth who will be rendered, when the film is finished, as a big orange rock man.
—EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Good thing Rogers is a financial behemoth.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
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Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 30 Mar. 2025
It has been widely reported that Amazon is making changes to Alexa as the online shopping and cloud technology behemoth prepares to release a new AI update called Alexa Plus.
—Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Reed is brilliant beyond imagination, and Ben is a physical behemoth who will be rendered, when the film is finished, as a big orange rock man.
—EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Good thing Rogers is a financial behemoth.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for behemoth
Noun
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Banco Santander is the fifth-largest auto lender in the country and is expanding through a recent partnership with telecom giant Verizon.—
Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
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Google abused its dominance to suppress competition in some digital advertising markets, a court has found in a ruling that could lead to the tech giant being forced to sell off parts of its business.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Apr. 2025
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Two years ago after a request from Congressional opponents of wind energy, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) began investigating whether the offshore wind industry kills whales.—
Jeongyoon Han,
NPR,
17 Apr. 2025
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Five whales were spotted traveling with Check, making the rescue mission unsafe, officials said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacbee.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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The Switch was a monster, so the assumption is that sure, players will pay a full 50% more for a new one, if not more.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Oviedo and Sepúlveda shared with las Casas the view that Indians were not monsters and did, in fact, have souls that could be saved (a matter of debate for much of the sixteenth century).—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2025
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Among them are the woolly mammoth, that Colossal has already announced plans to revive, and even dinosaurs, which the startup has not yet commented on, despite speculation.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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In addition to dragons, Universal is bringing dinosaurs to the format.—
Carolyn Giardina,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2025
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Researchers studied mammoth mitochondrial DNA from as far back as 1.3 million years, with the most recent based on genetic material from a relatively recent mammoth from about 125,000 years ago.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
9 Apr. 2025
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The baby mammoth had been preserved in permafrost until she was dug up in the cold Russian province of Yakutia last year.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Behemoth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/behemoth. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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