as in giants
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 behemoths
The full universe of printers covers a lot of territory, from portable photo printers to floor-standing behemoths.
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PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2025
On top of that, regional conferences have realigned into national behemoths like the Big 10.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Currently, the market for software that helps companies manage their finances is dominated by industry behemoths like Microsoft, Oracle and SAP.
—Ryan Browne, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Hyperscalers and cloud behemoths—from Microsoft to Meta—are investing heavily in data centers.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
That is leading to less frequent competition, which is not helpful for a sport that has long struggled to find a foothold among the behemoths of the NFL and the NBA.
—Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
There’s certainly precedent for startups growing into behemoths by serving other startups (take Stripe, for example).
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Earth-moving behemoths roll ponderously, men march about in hi-vis and helmets.
—Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Those of us attending try to strike a balance between seeing the important movies and the adventurous ones, the behemoths and the sleepers.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2025
On top of that, regional conferences have realigned into national behemoths like the Big 10.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Currently, the market for software that helps companies manage their finances is dominated by industry behemoths like Microsoft, Oracle and SAP.
—Ryan Browne, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Hyperscalers and cloud behemoths—from Microsoft to Meta—are investing heavily in data centers.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
That is leading to less frequent competition, which is not helpful for a sport that has long struggled to find a foothold among the behemoths of the NFL and the NBA.
—Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
There’s certainly precedent for startups growing into behemoths by serving other startups (take Stripe, for example).
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Earth-moving behemoths roll ponderously, men march about in hi-vis and helmets.
—Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Those of us attending try to strike a balance between seeing the important movies and the adventurous ones, the behemoths and the sleepers.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for behemoths
Noun
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Several stores, including grocery chains and retail giants, will be closing their doors in October.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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All of this amounts to a rounding error for the tech giants—averaged out, YouTube made more than $107 million from ad revenue every single day last quarter—but these are still acts of profound obsequiousness and corporate cowardice.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Neytiri, Jake, Tonowari, and Ronal attend a watery council meeting of nine Tulkun whales, and Spider, a human capable of breathing on Pandora, is shown merging with Eywa.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Inspired by nature, SandboxAQ’s solution uses Earth’s magnetic field like birds and whales do.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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Almost all of the largest plant and animal species on Earth were driven to extinction, including all of the non-avian dinosaurs and the last of the flying reptiles.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
2 Oct. 2025
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It's also believed that crabs of this species survived after a meteorite struck Earth around 66 million years ago, the infamous event that led to the extinction of dinosaurs.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Putting Scooby-Doo and the gang up against real monsters creates some great storytelling opportunities.—
Robert Niles,
Oc Register,
30 Sep. 2025
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Fincher’s take on Flynn’s phenomenon is one of our best literary adaptations of the decade, and while there are no literal monsters in it, there’s nothing spookier than a cool girl.—
Emily Temple
September 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Mass Appeal and Marvel have joined forces to create an exclusive, limited edition comic book series honoring some of hip-hop’s biggest titans.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
30 Sep. 2025
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Industry titans are embracing a new generation of technologies that promise lifted features and age-defying results with modest to no downtime.—
Elycia Rubin,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Sep. 2025
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In a study published in Cell, researchers set out to trace the microbial companions of mammoths across a staggering timeline, from over a million years ago to their final days on Wrangel Island just 4,000 years ago.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
30 Sep. 2025
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Colossal's de-extinction projects now span dodos, dire wolves, mammoths, and moas.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Behemoths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/behemoths. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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