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
Big Tech Vies With Utilities For Workers Another pressure — seldom mentioned but raised by Naylor — is the impact of the cash-rich tech behemoths on the skilled job market.
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Llewellyn King, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Soon, the e-commerce behemoths began facing widespread criticism for their use of what many called a loophole.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge,melissa Repko,annie Palmer, CNBC, 29 Aug. 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
As the rich get richer and stock market valuations increasingly are tied to a tiny group of corporate behemoths, the leaders of those companies have more economic power than ever.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025
Layoffs have hit nearly every organization that makes this kind of audio, from corporate behemoths like Spotify to successful start-ups like Pushkin Industries to the public-radio godfather of it all, This American Life.
—Eric Benson, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025
Leave it to Las Vegas oddsmakers to illuminate a fascinating contrast between college football’s behemoths, the SEC and Big Ten, as the 2025 season approaches.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2025
Sturgeon fishing generally isn’t a numbers game, and the fish that come onboard the Warship in the summer tend to run smaller than the behemoths that cruise the river in the spring to spawn in the Rainy and its tributaries.
—Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2025
These behemoths emit intense radiation that heats and depletes cold gas, the most important ingredient for star formation.
—Shreejaya Karantha, Space.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Llewellyn King, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Soon, the e-commerce behemoths began facing widespread criticism for their use of what many called a loophole.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge,melissa Repko,annie Palmer, CNBC, 29 Aug. 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
As the rich get richer and stock market valuations increasingly are tied to a tiny group of corporate behemoths, the leaders of those companies have more economic power than ever.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025
Layoffs have hit nearly every organization that makes this kind of audio, from corporate behemoths like Spotify to successful start-ups like Pushkin Industries to the public-radio godfather of it all, This American Life.
—Eric Benson, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025
Leave it to Las Vegas oddsmakers to illuminate a fascinating contrast between college football’s behemoths, the SEC and Big Ten, as the 2025 season approaches.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2025
Sturgeon fishing generally isn’t a numbers game, and the fish that come onboard the Warship in the summer tend to run smaller than the behemoths that cruise the river in the spring to spawn in the Rainy and its tributaries.
—Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2025
These behemoths emit intense radiation that heats and depletes cold gas, the most important ingredient for star formation.
—Shreejaya Karantha, Space.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for behemoths
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Bhutia is part of India's digital growth story that is creating entrepreneurs, drawing investments, and attracting global tech giants, fueled in large part by a gigantic talent pool and tech userbase.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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This pattern often is attributed to the Sky’s lack of spending in comparison with league giants such as the New York Liberty and Las Vegas Aces.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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With a mission to rebuild abundant and biodiverse oceans, Oceana fights to stop overfishing, habitat destruction, oil and plastic pollution, as well as the killing of threatened species like turtles, whales, and sharks, among other causes.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
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Witnessing a breaching humpback or Blue and Fin whales is a highlight of any UnCruise adventure.—
UnCruise Adventures,
AFAR Media,
3 Sep. 2025
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Unlike the dinosaurs, however, researchers and wildlife officials are working to slow down or even stop these extinctions — and sometimes bring animals back from the brink.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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Like wings—in dinosaurs, and in bats, but are very different from the wings in birds and are still very different from wings in insects.—
Maria Reva
September 3,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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And the blocks are divided into themes of monsters, humanity and imagination.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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Four years later, when Pop Mart began selling Labubus on key rings, the toothy monsters began to be seen everywhere — and the phenomenon really has taken off lately.—
Fortune,
Fortune,
2 Sep. 2025
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Alphabet, Meta and the other titans of tech insist the good times could end at any time, because new technologies could upend their business models.—
Binyamin Appelbaum,
Mercury News,
5 Sep. 2025
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Continue reading … AMERICAN CULTURE QUIZ – Test yourself on fruity fallbacks and tech titans.—
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FOXNews.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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In its world, resurrected mammoths roam, AI governs underground facilities, and human-animal hybrids embody both triumph and ambiguity.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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This finding raises the possibility that mammoths, as close relatives of modern elephants, might have been susceptible to similar infections.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Behemoths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/behemoths. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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