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
In 2012, volunteers began monitoring Eastern Pacific green sea turtles that live near the mouth of the San Gabriel River, in the Long Beach-Seal Beach area, keeping tabs on the green behemoths that can grow up to 500 pounds and live more than 80 years.
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
The deal, which was confirmed earlier Tuesday, has taken almost two decades to agree and will see the trading behemoths gradually cut tariffs to zero on the majority of each other’s imports, except on some key products and sectors.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
One guy wearing a World Series of Poker cap was snoozing just a few feet from Circa’s Sports Gambling Hall of Fame, which features plaques commemorating America’s betting behemoths, including several men who live overseas for fear of prosecution.
—Jasper Craven, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
The question is whether any of the three will be difference-makers, the type of linemen who can make game-changing plays, the type of physical behemoths that opposing teams must game plan against.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
The Imagineering Story highlights the corporate drama, engineering ingenuity, and, most importantly, creative collaboration that shaped the Disney Parks into global behemoths.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Jan. 2026
Combating these behemoths requires millions of actions small and large.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Among the dozens of companies are auto behemoths, tech giants and self-driving startups — Mercedes-Benz, Tesla, Zoox, Apollo and Qualcomm.
—Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
The green fee was also supposed to apply to cruises and their passengers, too, which makes up a large part of the Hawaii tourism scene, but a federal judge recently blocked Hawaii from enforcing the levy on the floating behemoths, according to CBS.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2026
Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
The deal, which was confirmed earlier Tuesday, has taken almost two decades to agree and will see the trading behemoths gradually cut tariffs to zero on the majority of each other’s imports, except on some key products and sectors.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
One guy wearing a World Series of Poker cap was snoozing just a few feet from Circa’s Sports Gambling Hall of Fame, which features plaques commemorating America’s betting behemoths, including several men who live overseas for fear of prosecution.
—Jasper Craven, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
The question is whether any of the three will be difference-makers, the type of linemen who can make game-changing plays, the type of physical behemoths that opposing teams must game plan against.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
The Imagineering Story highlights the corporate drama, engineering ingenuity, and, most importantly, creative collaboration that shaped the Disney Parks into global behemoths.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Jan. 2026
Combating these behemoths requires millions of actions small and large.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Among the dozens of companies are auto behemoths, tech giants and self-driving startups — Mercedes-Benz, Tesla, Zoox, Apollo and Qualcomm.
—Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
The green fee was also supposed to apply to cruises and their passengers, too, which makes up a large part of the Hawaii tourism scene, but a federal judge recently blocked Hawaii from enforcing the levy on the floating behemoths, according to CBS.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for behemoths
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Lawmakers were pushing a measure, similar to those enacted in Australia and Canada, that would have forced tech giants to pay online publishers for the ransacking, er, use, of their journalistic content.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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China’s tech sector—including giants like Alibaba and Kuaishou, and small startups like DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax—is locked in a race to lead the way in AI.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
27 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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Jurassic Quest This interactive experience offers a close and realistic look at life-size animatronic dinosaurs.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Allies of Noem, meanwhile, have decided that Homan and Scott are bureaucratic dinosaurs who are unable to achieve the president’s objectives.—
Michael Scherer,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
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But beneath his plush exterior and upbeat messaging, Buddy is an insatiably needy, controlling narcissist requiring constant affirmations of the children’s love and filling their heads with terror of the monsters lurking in the outside world beyond the park in which the show takes place.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
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And the monsters are truly terrifying.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2026
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Steve Jobs, despite his reputation as an intense competitor, maintained close ties with fellow tech titans, including people whose companies were directly competing with Apple.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
23 Jan. 2026
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Many gatherings, like Billboard’s Power 100 Party, Clive Davis’s Pre-Grammy Gala, and the Resonator Awards, will recognize industry titans who have and continue to shape music today.—
Jaeden Pinder,
Rolling Stone,
23 Jan. 2026
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Savvy ancestors As mammoths and elephants were rare in prehistoric England, the discovery highlights the advanced cognitive skills of early humans.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
21 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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“Behemoths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/behemoths. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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