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as in relic
one that has passed the peak of effectiveness or popularity
as an old-time big-city boss, he's become something of a dinosaur in today's political world
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as in whale
something or someone that is unusually large and powerful
not that his small lawn needed such a dinosaur, but he bought a riding mower anyway
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Recent Examples of dinosaur
According to Protect the Paluxy, the runoff would flow in to Paluxy above the dinosaur tracks.
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Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 June 2026
This unusual dinosaur was known as a microraptor.
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Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
This charming little hopper is a solid option for kids ages 18 months to 6 years, available in six giraffe and dinosaur designs.
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Bestreviews,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
The town would play a role in the American Revolution and is also where the world's first discovery of a nearly intact dinosaur happened (in 1858).
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Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
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Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 June 2026
This unusual dinosaur was known as a microraptor.
—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
This charming little hopper is a solid option for kids ages 18 months to 6 years, available in six giraffe and dinosaur designs.
—
Bestreviews,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
The town would play a role in the American Revolution and is also where the world's first discovery of a nearly intact dinosaur happened (in 1858).
—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dinosaur
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Bulgur is one of those wheat variants that in this country seems tethered to an unfair reputation as a leaden relic of 1970s health-food fads.
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His remains were unearthed in 2022, along with 13 others, as archeologists were working to preserve shallow battlefield graves from erosion and relic hunters.
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Like all large whales, the NOAA said fin whales were hunted by commercial whalers and their populations were decimated.
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Its charming downtown is full of art galleries, museums, restaurants, and tourism operators offering whale watching and sea kayaking.
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In the Seventies, he was mocked as a Vegas has-been in a jumpsuit; in the Eighties, as a cultural colonizer.
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When her estranged daughter unexpectedly moves into their crumbling Manhattan townhouse, the TV has-been is confronted with the one role she’s spent her entire life avoiding: motherhood.
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Through a series of measures starting in 2022, Washington has cut off China’s access to the cutting-edge GPUs, throttling Chinese companies’ efforts in competing for the top AI models with US tech giants.
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Some plan to do so especially using solar and nuclear, including tech giants Amazon and Google.
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Then, one weekend about three years ago, Meledandri called with an idea — a Minion who sets out to make a monster movie.
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The women’s Cloudmonster Shoe fittingly packs a monster-sized amount of cushioning.
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Then the babydoll-sized elephant walked into the room.
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The arrangement included exclusive access to the sanctuary’s conservation team, where the couple learned about elephant rehabilitation efforts and participated in feeding and bathing the elephants—an intimate and unforgettable experience.
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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.
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When Colossal Biosciences raises capital at a $10 billion valuation, investors are not betting on the mammoth.
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“Dinosaur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dinosaur. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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