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 dreadnoughts
This time, it’s filled not with gunfire and dreadnoughts, but with some of the world’s most advanced submarines under one flag.
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Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2025
Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dreadnoughts
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The Biden administration planned to expand slow zones off the East Coast to protect the whales.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Feb. 2026
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The only item that was written down in his will was John’s beloved scrimshaw set—sailor’s carvings made from whales’ teeth.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
12 Feb. 2026
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The case could set a precedent for holding social media companies responsible for dangerous design decisions, after years of tech giants fending off lawsuits under Section 230, the law that shields them from liability for user content.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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China’s tech giants are betting heavily on these versatile platforms.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Feb. 2026
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How big would a telescope need to be to see Earth’s dinosaurs from 66 million light-years away?—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
20 Feb. 2026
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The researchers conducted advanced imaging and historical analysis that revealed the spikes on the dinosaurs were cornified and exceptionally preserved.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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Set between Seasons 2 and 3 of Stranger Things, Tales from ’85 returns viewers to Hawkins in the stark winter of 1985, where the original characters must confront new monsters and unravel a paranormal mystery that is terrorizing their town.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2026
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Other Avina Comics characters include a mariachi man who fights monsters using a silver string guitar and a luchador wrestler on a mission.—
Anna Ortiz,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Inherit the Wind, a play that is widely read in the American school system, sets up a courtroom debate between two legal titans as its centerpiece.—
Talya Zax,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
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This unprecedented investigation of the turbulent and violent conditions around these cosmic titans, including the first black hole ever imaged by humanity, was possible thanks to the joint Japanese Aerospace Agency (JAXA)/ NASA X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM).—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Dreadnoughts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreadnoughts. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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