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
That figure marks 20 quarters of growth for the brand overall, as other luxury behemoths such as LVMH and Gucci owner Kering have seen setbacks amid an ongoing luxury slump.
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Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2026
Other soccer behemoths that don’t have basketball teams could follow suit, such as Paris Saint-Germain.
—Alex Sherman, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2026
Two supermassive black holes on a dizzying death spiral could soon become visible to astronomers after researchers worked out how, while rotating around each other, these dark, massive behemoths could gravitationally lens the stars behind them.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 24 Feb. 2026
On even longer timescales, the remnant black holes that were created, whether from stellar explosions, neutron star mergers, a collapsing gas cloud, or having grown into supermassive behemoths, will all evaporate.
—Big Think, 20 Feb. 2026
But soon after the release, media behemoths Paramount and Disney sent cease-and-desist letters to ByteDance –– the company most famous for developing the video-sharing app TikTok –– accusing it of infringing upon their intellectual property.
—Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
In a slow-motion race of two behemoths, Amazon has officially displaced Walmart as the world's biggest company by sales.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 19 Feb. 2026
That’s how systems such as the University of California evolved into sprawling behemoths.
—Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
Debate swirls around whether these financial behemoths should be banned.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 17 Feb. 2026
Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2026
Other soccer behemoths that don’t have basketball teams could follow suit, such as Paris Saint-Germain.
—Alex Sherman, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2026
Two supermassive black holes on a dizzying death spiral could soon become visible to astronomers after researchers worked out how, while rotating around each other, these dark, massive behemoths could gravitationally lens the stars behind them.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 24 Feb. 2026
On even longer timescales, the remnant black holes that were created, whether from stellar explosions, neutron star mergers, a collapsing gas cloud, or having grown into supermassive behemoths, will all evaporate.
—Big Think, 20 Feb. 2026
But soon after the release, media behemoths Paramount and Disney sent cease-and-desist letters to ByteDance –– the company most famous for developing the video-sharing app TikTok –– accusing it of infringing upon their intellectual property.
—Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
In a slow-motion race of two behemoths, Amazon has officially displaced Walmart as the world's biggest company by sales.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 19 Feb. 2026
That’s how systems such as the University of California evolved into sprawling behemoths.
—Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 18 Feb. 2026
Debate swirls around whether these financial behemoths should be banned.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 17 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for behemoths
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Those are just some examples of how Chinese startups and tech giants are rapidly expanding worldwide, one year after DeepSeek’s AI reasoning model shocked global investors.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
4 Mar. 2026
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The unit forms part of Project Ada, a BBC plan to save at least £100M ($132M) by radically reimagining its workforce to compete with tech giants.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
3 Mar. 2026
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In addition to a long music career, McDonald remained politically active, advocating on behalf of saving the whales and helping Vietnam War veterans.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
8 Mar. 2026
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Sharks, whales, rays, turtles, dolphins, and even the rare dugong (a manatee-like creature) swim these stunning seas alongside hundreds of species of fish.—
Melanie van Zyl,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Mar. 2026
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Those discoveries have resulted in different events throughout the years geared towards education and celebration of the local connection to pre-historic dinosaurs.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Mar. 2026
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From massive plant-eaters to fierce apex predators, each episode highlights how dinosaurs adapted to the climate and terrain of a changing planet and, ultimately, how their long reign came to a sudden and catastrophic end.—
Alex Shoemaker,
Parents,
6 Mar. 2026
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But this remains a polling no-brainer for lawmakers, who are tired of being seen as self-serving greed monsters.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
9 Mar. 2026
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Gyllenhaal cast her husband Peter Sarsgaard as a detective in pursuit of the two monsters on the run, with Penelope Cruz as his partner.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
6 Mar. 2026
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The moves have people asking, will the industry follow its titans east?—
Matthew Kronsberg,
Architectural Digest,
6 Mar. 2026
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But that doesn’t mean that these titans of our tomorrow are leaving their futures in the Orange Man’s hands.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Unlike typical mice with short gray-brown coats, these woolly mice have long dirty-blond hair that mimics the shaggy fur that helped protect mammoths from the Arctic cold.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2026
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Fans typically think of interior defensive linemen as the mammoths of the gridiron who dominate with size and strength.—
Caleb Yum,
Austin American Statesman,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Behemoths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/behemoths. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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