as in whales
something or someone that is unusually large and powerful
poor gas mileage did little to stem the popularity of that dreadnought of the roadways: the SUV
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dreadnoughts
Noun
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Neytiri, Jake, Tonowari, and Ronal attend a watery council meeting of nine Tulkun whales, and Spider, a human capable of breathing on Pandora, is shown merging with Eywa.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
1 Oct. 2025 -
Inspired by nature, SandboxAQ’s solution uses Earth’s magnetic field like birds and whales do.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Several stores, including grocery chains and retail giants, will be closing their doors in October.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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All of this amounts to a rounding error for the tech giants—averaged out, YouTube made more than $107 million from ad revenue every single day last quarter—but these are still acts of profound obsequiousness and corporate cowardice.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Upper Cretaceous period, or late Cretaceous, represented the last true age of dinosaurs, stretching from about 100 million years ago to their extinction 66 million years ago.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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The titular robotic dinosaurs are machines piloted by humans who, in the new series, must defend Earth from a monstrous alien invasion trying to resurrect its prehistoric army.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Putting Scooby-Doo and the gang up against real monsters creates some great storytelling opportunities.—
Robert Niles,
Oc Register,
30 Sep. 2025
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Fincher’s take on Flynn’s phenomenon is one of our best literary adaptations of the decade, and while there are no literal monsters in it, there’s nothing spookier than a cool girl.—
Emily Temple
September 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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Mass Appeal and Marvel have joined forces to create an exclusive, limited edition comic book series honoring some of hip-hop’s biggest titans.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
30 Sep. 2025
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Industry titans are embracing a new generation of technologies that promise lifted features and age-defying results with modest to no downtime.—
Elycia Rubin,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Dreadnoughts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreadnoughts. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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