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
Once, this forest on California’s North Coast was replete with the ancient behemoths that can live beyond 2,000 years.
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
Our favorite Midwest resort destinations range from cozy lakeside lodges to water park behemoths.
—Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 9 May 2026
Then a fleet of America’s Cup AC50 catamarans — 50-foot carbon-fiber flying behemoths — came shrieking past Calico Jack’s at speeds approaching 50 knots.
—Andrew Rice, New York Times, 8 May 2026
Compared with those of the older behemoths, the stairs of this 105-story giant do have an airiness about them, which was apparently an intention in the design.
—Michelle Sinclair Colman, Curbed, 7 May 2026
From within our own galaxy to behemoths billions of light-years away, supermassive black holes create jets like nothing else in the cosmos.
—Big Think, 4 May 2026
There's also an appetite to back names beyond behemoths like OpenAI and Anthropic, which have valuations creeping towards $1 trillion.
—Kate Rooney, CNBC, 4 May 2026
The sluggish living makes sense for steely behemoths that live comfortably into their 200s and possible to 400 or more.
—Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 4 May 2026
While fashion brands or tech behemoths like Instagram typically underwrite the affair, this year Amazon co-founder and executive chair, Jeff Bezos, and his wife, Lauren Sánchez Bezos, are the event’s main benefactors.
—Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
Our favorite Midwest resort destinations range from cozy lakeside lodges to water park behemoths.
—Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 9 May 2026
Then a fleet of America’s Cup AC50 catamarans — 50-foot carbon-fiber flying behemoths — came shrieking past Calico Jack’s at speeds approaching 50 knots.
—Andrew Rice, New York Times, 8 May 2026
Compared with those of the older behemoths, the stairs of this 105-story giant do have an airiness about them, which was apparently an intention in the design.
—Michelle Sinclair Colman, Curbed, 7 May 2026
From within our own galaxy to behemoths billions of light-years away, supermassive black holes create jets like nothing else in the cosmos.
—Big Think, 4 May 2026
There's also an appetite to back names beyond behemoths like OpenAI and Anthropic, which have valuations creeping towards $1 trillion.
—Kate Rooney, CNBC, 4 May 2026
The sluggish living makes sense for steely behemoths that live comfortably into their 200s and possible to 400 or more.
—Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 4 May 2026
While fashion brands or tech behemoths like Instagram typically underwrite the affair, this year Amazon co-founder and executive chair, Jeff Bezos, and his wife, Lauren Sánchez Bezos, are the event’s main benefactors.
—Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for behemoths
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Traders have been buying tech giants on dips and selling big-name laggards including Costco, UnitedHealth and Alibaba, according to data from retail trading giant Robinhood Markets published via Sherwood.—
Oliver Renick,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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In a post, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos expanded on the company’s ability to influence culture, and to create jobs all around the world, contrasting the company’s investment to other entertainment giants.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
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At Icy Strait Point, visitors can spot whales and eagles while supporting a small Alaska community.—
Josh Rivera,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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Trump blamed wind turbines for mass killing whales and birds.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis belonged to a group of dinosaurs known as sauropods, which were the largest animals ever to walk on land.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
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Nagatitan belonged to the sauropod family of dinosaurs and lived in the Early Cretaceous period between 100 and 120 million years ago, according to UCL.—
Gina Kalsi,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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The story follows a group of people trapped in a mysterious town where monsters haunt the streets and night and diabolical forces seem determined to terrorize and confound our heroes.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2026
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Policy favored the monsters who plot in the background, more Kissinger than Kennedy.—
Eli Durst,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Trump embarked on Air Force One for the big meeting with a coterie of aides, family members and business world titans, including Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Tesla and SpaceX’s Elon Musk.—
Aamer Madhani,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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In a trial featuring a clash between Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, neither of the tech titans has emerged as an overly sympathetic character.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
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In a twist of prehistoric irony, our ancestors’ hunting skills proved too effective, leading to the extinction of mammoths around 10,000 years ago—and mammoth-bone dwellings with them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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Fossils have also been found that indicate the islands were also once home to pygmy mammoths, which only reached 4 to 6 feet tall.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Behemoths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/behemoths. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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