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
Memory chip behemoths and heavyweights on South Korea's Kospi Index Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix fell 5% and 2%, respectively.
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Sean Conlon,joseph Wilkins,tanaya MacHeel,lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 7 June 2026
The meeting between the two had come just after the Vermont senator announced a plan for the public to take a 50% ownership stake in artificial intelligence companies such as OpenAI, using their stock to create a public wealth fund that would spread the fortune generated by AI behemoths.
—ABC News, 6 June 2026
His rush to tap into the public markets seems to be pushing the other AI behemoths to do the same.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
The meeting between the two had come just after the Vermont senator announced a plan for the public to take a 50% ownership stake in artificial intelligence companies such as OpenAI, using their stock to create a public wealth fund that would spread the fortune generated by AI behemoths.
—Joey Cappelletti, Fortune, 5 June 2026
The last company to enter the expanding club of behemoths was Micron Technology, which is likewise riding the AI wave.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
The two behemoths combined to take 18 3-pointers on this evening, with each player leading his team in attempts.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 1 June 2026
Military tech firms like Palantir, Space-X, and Anduril are giving old guard corporate behemoths like Lockheed Martin and RTX ( formerly known as Raytheon) a run for their money, applying new technology and new business models to weapons development.
—William Hartung, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
Our favorite Midwest resort destinations range from cozy lakeside lodges to water park behemoths.
—Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 9 May 2026
Sean Conlon,joseph Wilkins,tanaya MacHeel,lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 7 June 2026
The meeting between the two had come just after the Vermont senator announced a plan for the public to take a 50% ownership stake in artificial intelligence companies such as OpenAI, using their stock to create a public wealth fund that would spread the fortune generated by AI behemoths.
—ABC News, 6 June 2026
His rush to tap into the public markets seems to be pushing the other AI behemoths to do the same.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
The meeting between the two had come just after the Vermont senator announced a plan for the public to take a 50% ownership stake in artificial intelligence companies such as OpenAI, using their stock to create a public wealth fund that would spread the fortune generated by AI behemoths.
—Joey Cappelletti, Fortune, 5 June 2026
The last company to enter the expanding club of behemoths was Micron Technology, which is likewise riding the AI wave.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
The two behemoths combined to take 18 3-pointers on this evening, with each player leading his team in attempts.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 1 June 2026
Military tech firms like Palantir, Space-X, and Anduril are giving old guard corporate behemoths like Lockheed Martin and RTX ( formerly known as Raytheon) a run for their money, applying new technology and new business models to weapons development.
—William Hartung, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
Our favorite Midwest resort destinations range from cozy lakeside lodges to water park behemoths.
—Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 9 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for behemoths
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The deal also comes at a time of biotech dealmaking frenzy, driven by looming patent cliffs, newly buoyant public markets and pharma giants’ race to bolster their pipelines.—
Anniek Bao,Elsa Ohlen,
CNBC,
9 June 2026
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Analysts have said Microsoft’s Xbox consoles and Game Pass subscription service have underperformed, caught between traditional gaming giants and cheaper, casual rivals like the Nex Playground active game system.—
Sebastian Herrera,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
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Twenty whales — 19 belugas and one killer whale — have died at Marineland since 2019, according to provincial government data obtained through freedom-of-information laws and official statements.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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While much research on animal communication focuses on large mammals thought to have relatively rich communication systems, such as primates and cetaceans (whales and dolphins), Birch said the judges try to cast a wide zoological net.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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Being in Steven Spielberg's sci-fi actioner was a career high for everyone involved, but some cast members have soared even higher since walking with dinosaurs.—
Huntley Woods,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 June 2026
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The asteroid impact that doomed the dinosaurs may also have built one of Earth's longest-lasting underground ecosystems.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
10 June 2026
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Democrats never dare to criticize any of these Third World monsters, only the cops trying to protect American taxpayers from their cruel depredations.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
7 June 2026
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This is because the main enemies in this game look to be large chitinous alien monsters, which your titular Gundam can slice into tiny pieces.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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Year after year, his former (although now very distant) billionaires club has reaped a growing number of members — from tech titans to celebrities.—
Wyatte Grantham-Philips,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
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American ingenuity soon swelled the millionaire class to include titans of tobacco, steel, banking, even refrigerated railcars.—
Chase Peterson-Withorn,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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According to this theory, those now-extinct megafauna—the giant ground sloths and the giant beavers, the mastodons and mammoths, and even the lions and dire wolves—were relatively quickly hunted to extinction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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The artificial egg tech is the latest addition to Colossal's list of de-extinction projects, which now span dodo birds, dire wolves, and mammoths.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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“Behemoths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/behemoths. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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