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
Not the big-box behemoths like Home Depot or Lowe’s, necessarily (although those can be pretty great, too).
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Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2026
The Bloomberg Magnificent Seven Index is priced at around 27 times forward earnings, which is elevated because Tesla is such an outlier compared to the other six tech behemoths.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
Those nascent data centers were positively puny compared to today’s behemoths.
—Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
Sluggish, tail-dragging, dim-witted behemoths were out, and hot-blooded dinos were in.
—Steve Brusatte, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
The Silicon Valley drama Cupertino from The Good Wife creators Robert and Michelle King will see a lawyer (Mike Colter) take on Silicon Valley behemoths.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026
The logic appeared to be that, if AI behemoths are going to train their models on Disney IP without permission, the company might as well start profiting and learning from it.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026
Of course, in Louisiana, with its cheap, abundant, and locally refined gasoline, many civilians drive these behemoths, too, so at school pickups, organizers asked parents to roll their windows down and blast music, something that joyless agents would never do.
—Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
YouTube would happily add those company’s games to its service, but the other behemoths are currently more interested in becoming hubs themselves.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2026
The Bloomberg Magnificent Seven Index is priced at around 27 times forward earnings, which is elevated because Tesla is such an outlier compared to the other six tech behemoths.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
Those nascent data centers were positively puny compared to today’s behemoths.
—Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
Sluggish, tail-dragging, dim-witted behemoths were out, and hot-blooded dinos were in.
—Steve Brusatte, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
The Silicon Valley drama Cupertino from The Good Wife creators Robert and Michelle King will see a lawyer (Mike Colter) take on Silicon Valley behemoths.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026
The logic appeared to be that, if AI behemoths are going to train their models on Disney IP without permission, the company might as well start profiting and learning from it.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026
Of course, in Louisiana, with its cheap, abundant, and locally refined gasoline, many civilians drive these behemoths, too, so at school pickups, organizers asked parents to roll their windows down and blast music, something that joyless agents would never do.
—Daniel Brook, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
YouTube would happily add those company’s games to its service, but the other behemoths are currently more interested in becoming hubs themselves.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for behemoths
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Meanwhile, the global memory crisis has worsened, forcing tech giants to pay up for the capacity needed to satisfy their data center ambitions.—
Jordan Novet,Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2026
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Dubbed the Flannel and the Fury, the tour brings together the alt-rock giants for the first time, with dates in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, and other cities.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
28 Apr. 2026
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Families flock to the Cape for mini-golfing, traipsing around sand dunes, comparing ice cream stands, gobbling up lobster rolls, spotting whales, and simply admiring the gray cedar shake houses adorned with colorful buoys.—
Kara Williams,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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For roughly 370 million years, scientists believed large vertebrate predators ruled ocean ecosystems — first fish and sharks, then marine reptiles, then whales.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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The Late Cretaceous was the final epoch of the Mesozoic Era, which was dominated by the dinosaurs, including tyrannosaurus rex and triceratops.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Scientists have studied giant octopus relatives that roamed when dinosaurs were around, and researched some small octopuses that drilled into clams.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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The backstory flashbacks about an abusive father that suggest not all monsters have fangs?—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
26 Apr. 2026
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Peasants whisper about monsters in the forest, and in the interlude between the wars, Lajos gazes at a house that is burning down and has a premonition of the world-historical destruction to come.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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Epstein and Maxwell counted members of the British royal family, multiple presidents and business titans among their friends.—
Justine McDaniel,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Project Prometheus will propel Bezos into the ranks of the AI titans heading firms with multi-billion-dollar valuations, such as Anthropic, OpenAI and Palantir.—
Will Barker,
TheWeek,
21 Apr. 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.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Surviving Earth explores the world 450M years ago featuring giant sea scorpions, mammoths and sabertooths.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
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