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
This, in turn, would allow Wells Fargo, Goldman, and other financial behemoths to lend more and pay higher dividends.
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Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2026
The new trucks ordered are not small vehicles either, but rather massive 110,000 lbs (50-ton) payload hauling behemoths.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Jan. 2026
These big and overarmed behemoths have been obsolete in warfare for many decades.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
Staid mortgage behemoths gyrated like meme stocks.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
Electric bills have emerged as a potent political issue in Georgia and nationwide, with grassroots opposition to data centers partly based on fears that other customers will subsidize power demands of technology behemoths.
—Jeff Amy, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2025
Streaming already accounts for 11% of the Sunday Night Football audience, and as the digital behemoths grow ever more powerful, the transition from the cathode-ray tube to the server farm is as inevitable as death and yet another miserable season for the Cleveland Browns.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 Dec. 2025
These corporate behemoths will determine if the film libraries spanning a century of Hollywood production will be used to train the machines that could replace artists and creatives.
—Matthew Jordan, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
King partnered with Black Effect in the same vein as many of the network’s biggest shows, with behemoths like The 85 South Show, All The Smoke, Drink Champs and even The Breakfast Club having been established prior to the network’s 2020 founding.
—Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 5 Jan. 2026
The new trucks ordered are not small vehicles either, but rather massive 110,000 lbs (50-ton) payload hauling behemoths.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Jan. 2026
These big and overarmed behemoths have been obsolete in warfare for many decades.
—Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026
Staid mortgage behemoths gyrated like meme stocks.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
Electric bills have emerged as a potent political issue in Georgia and nationwide, with grassroots opposition to data centers partly based on fears that other customers will subsidize power demands of technology behemoths.
—Jeff Amy, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2025
Streaming already accounts for 11% of the Sunday Night Football audience, and as the digital behemoths grow ever more powerful, the transition from the cathode-ray tube to the server farm is as inevitable as death and yet another miserable season for the Cleveland Browns.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 Dec. 2025
These corporate behemoths will determine if the film libraries spanning a century of Hollywood production will be used to train the machines that could replace artists and creatives.
—Matthew Jordan, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
King partnered with Black Effect in the same vein as many of the network’s biggest shows, with behemoths like The 85 South Show, All The Smoke, Drink Champs and even The Breakfast Club having been established prior to the network’s 2020 founding.
—Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for behemoths
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The president said Thursday that the two mortgage giants under government conservatorship, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, have $200 billion in cash that will be used to make the mortgage bond purchases.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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The Royal Caribbean Group broke ground on a new terminal at PortMiami on Thursday, a sign that cruise giants continue to see the 305 as a key source of passengers.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2026
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But for the population, which stands at 384 whales, to rebound from its substantial losses in the past decade, many more calves will need to be born.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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The fewer than 100 Rice’s whales remaining live across the Gulf but are most common off Florida, and the opinion estimated that drilling will kill nine Rice’s whales through vessel strikes and seriously injure three more over the next 45 years.—
Christian Wagley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Jan. 2026
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In other words, political dinosaurs—or monsters—must at least give lip service to affordability.—
Alissa Quart
January 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Jan. 2026
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Here are a few of this year's most unexpected and fascinating discoveries, ranging from the social lives of dinosaurs to still-undiscovered giants.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
28 Dec. 2025
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In Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the Disney+ series adapted from Rick Riordan's bestselling book series, Walker Scobell plays the titular character, a demigod navigating the dangerous world of gods and monsters.—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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This bakery, which has been serving Louisville since 1924, offers a wide variety of Mardi Gras items, from King Cakes to cookies, thumbprints, cupcakes and the popular cookie monsters.—
Gege Reed,
Louisville Courier Journal,
8 Jan. 2026
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This wasn't exactly a divisional matchup of titans on Sunday.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
4 Jan. 2026
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From a historical perspective, the numbers Manning produced rank right up there with some real titans of Texas football.—
Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
2 Jan. 2026
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Using chemical clues from Neanderthal bones, researchers have placed the species at the top of the food chain, alongside apex predators like lions – feasting on big animals such as mammoths or bison.—
Jay Kakade
December 31,
New Atlas,
31 Dec. 2025
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These traits mirror adaptations that once helped mammoths survive frigid, resource-scarce environments.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
22 Dec. 2025
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“Behemoths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/behemoths. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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