behemoths

plural of behemoth

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of behemoths Huge data centers are likely not going anywhere—training new frontier models and running AI models from leading companies will likely still be the purview of these behemoths. Dina Genkina, IEEE Spectrum, 1 Sep. 2026 During that stretch of chart-position leapfrog, the song made runners-up of such chart behemoths as Drake, Bad Bunny, Bruno Mars, BTS, Olivia Rodrigo, Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift — twice. Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026 These cosmic behemoths can tell us more about our own Milky Way galaxy’s history and the universe’s evolution over time. Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026 But there are two other AI behemoths still waiting in the wings for their turn to go public, and at least one of them has no intention of being eclipsed by Elon Musk. Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026 Now, eight years and nearly two full terms later, the governor has paused those incentives as the onset of data centers has stressed energy and water resources and public opinion has swiftly turned against the tech behemoths. Ben Szalinski, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026 Modern merchant ships, often bare-bones behemoths designed to offer owners the highest possible rate of return, are proving to be surprisingly vulnerable. Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 The investigation comes on the heels of back-to-back crackdowns on Big Tech by Brussels, which has led the world in regulating tech behemoths including Meta and Apple. ABC News, 24 July 2026 California will have some tough competition to beat, considering that state fair behemoths such as Wisconsin, Texas, and, of course, Minnesota are also in the running. Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for behemoths
Noun
  • As legislation is introduced at a record pace, shifting political views are driving more proposals that seek to restrict the tech giants.
    Chris Hacker, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Nightly swarms of drones closed Russian airports, struck oil refineries or set ablaze the warehouses of retail giants Wildberries and Ozon.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Each summer, thousands of beluga whales migrate to the mouth of the Churchill River, to feed on small fish and nurse their young.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The underwater drone, tethered to the ship with cables and about the size of a small car, was just above the ocean floor as the researchers and pilots searched for furrows potentially left by whales.
    Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • For years, the museum was a place for education and numerous exhibits open to the public, including over 30 dinosaurs and Mesozoic reptiles in the museum's Dinosaur Hall.
    Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Connect The Dots Of A Nontraditional Career Path Cover letters can be dinosaurs or game changers.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Their first game was Crawl, a dungeon-crawler game where your friends control the monsters.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026
  • There will be no B-movie monsters wearing terrible prosthetics, no scripts full of non sequiturs, no glitchy graphics.
    Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The potential scale of what it has been granted could make the company one of the biggest oil titans in the world.
    Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Remember the many tech titans standing behind him at his 2025 inauguration?
    The Week US, TheWeek, 2 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • See fossils of the 14-foot, 20,000-pound mammoths that used to roam around Texas.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The site preserves the remains of Columbian mammoths and offers a look at Ice Age life in Texas.
    Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026

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“Behemoths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/behemoths. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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