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
Having marked its 20-year anniversary last spring, the platform has evolved from scrappy, loss-making start-up to a smooth-running behemoth.
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
It should be noted here that Omega watches and Omega Timing are, technically, two separate divisions of the Swatch Group, the Swiss behemoth that owns Breguet, Harry Winston, Blancpain, and Longines.
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2025
Toms founder Blake Mycoskie struggled with depression and loneliness after scaling his once-small shoe business into a billion-dollar behemoth.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
Throw in the favorable ruling in a landmark antitrust case that secures Apple’s lucrative search partnership with Alphabet’s Google, and the tech behemoth’s upcoming earnings report Thursday evening becomes one of Apple’s most pivotal in recent memory.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
It should be noted here that Omega watches and Omega Timing are, technically, two separate divisions of the Swatch Group, the Swiss behemoth that owns Breguet, Harry Winston, Blancpain, and Longines.
—Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2025
Toms founder Blake Mycoskie struggled with depression and loneliness after scaling his once-small shoe business into a billion-dollar behemoth.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
Throw in the favorable ruling in a landmark antitrust case that secures Apple’s lucrative search partnership with Alphabet’s Google, and the tech behemoth’s upcoming earnings report Thursday evening becomes one of Apple’s most pivotal in recent memory.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for behemoth
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Disney’s channels have been removed from YouTube’s pay-TV platform after the two media giants failed to reach a new carriage agreement before Thursday’s midnight deadline passed.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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The price of a share of Netflix is about to get less expensive, with the streaming giant’s board of directors signing off on a 10-for-one stock split, the company said Thursday.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Oct. 2025
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Next, a 10,000-pound concrete-and-steel battering ram was used to punch 24-foot holes through the ice, beginning at the far end of the whales' four-mile path to freedom, so as not to alarm them.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The species feeds by relying on symbiotic bacteria to break down fats inside the bones of large vertebrates, like whales.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
30 Oct. 2025
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Geryon who is metaphorically and perhaps in reality a monster is infatuated with Herakles, but the internal world of Geryon is so thoroughly inspected.—
Amber McBride,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Mundane loot like monster teeth and eyeballs all have different effects when paired with a basic attack, making for a mind-boggling number of combinations for how to dole out punishment.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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If the same pattern occurred in dinosaurs, any containing this evidence would have died within a time range of about five weeks during the reproduction period, the authors wrote.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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Lichens could serve as indicators for finding dinosaur fossils at Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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Humans have had an impact on biodiversity as far back as 130,000 years ago, with the disappearance of mammoths and giant sloths—and extinction has continued in our wake as the human race spread across the globe.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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After a mammoth run through North America as part of the After Hours Til Dawn Tour, Abel’s heading overseas in 2026.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Behemoth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/behemoth. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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