as in whale
something or someone that is unusually large and powerful
by any standard, the new shopping mall will be an elephant and one that is certain to alter the retail landscape
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Recent Examples of elephant
The surrounding forest has a Jurassic vibe to it with lush ferns, mosses and huge elephant ears sprouting from the wet earth below.
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 18 July 2025
The team documented 38 unique gestures used by the elephants.
—Miami Herald, 14 July 2025
This particular elephant has an auction history, Van Eaton said.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 July 2025
The study was conducted using semi-captive elephants on reserves in the in Victoria Falls area of Zimbabwe.
—Miami Herald, 14 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for elephant
Graham Averill, Outside Online, 18 July 2025
The team documented 38 unique gestures used by the elephants.
—Miami Herald, 14 July 2025
This particular elephant has an auction history, Van Eaton said.
—Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 July 2025
The study was conducted using semi-captive elephants on reserves in the in Victoria Falls area of Zimbabwe.
—Miami Herald, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elephant
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While juvenile white sharks mainly eat bottom fish, smaller sharks and rays, and schooling fish and squids, larger white sharks feed on seal and sea lion colonies and occasionally scavenge dead whales.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
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Over the course of three days, the rescue team worked to cut away the snarled ropes, with video capturing their approach to the whale in a small boat.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Yet, the influence the tech giants wield on the market is troubling in the event of a pullback.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
16 Aug. 2025
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At that time, the gas giant will be approximately 807 million miles(1.3 billion kilometers) from Earth, rendering the event invisible to both the naked eye and binoculars alike.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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There’s a visit to the Flaming Cliffs, where the first dinosaur egg was discovered, and an immersion in the contemporary wonders of the capital, Ulaanbaatar, in this land of rugged beauty.—
Everett Potter,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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The 65 million–year-old dinosaur was named Sue, for Hendrickson.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Power Rangers uh, have fought monster bugs…sometimes?—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The luxury, 387-room hotel, located in Tokyo's Roppongi Hills complex, is collaborating with the Nintendo, the parent company of Pokémon, to give its fans the ultimate respite this summer: a few nights surrounded by their favorite pocket monsters.—
Jalyn Robinson,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Aug. 2025
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Previously thought to be early domesticated dogs or tamed wolves living near humans, the animals’ remains were found near woolly mammoth bones that had been burned and cut by humans, suggesting the canids lived near a site where humans butchered mammoths.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
14 June 2025
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At the same time, research on de-extinction can also be used to protect endangered species from going extinct, in the case of the mammoth, the research can help protect endangered elephants, the company says.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Elephant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elephant. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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