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
Around the museum, the elephant is known, affectionately, as Henry.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
The 13-acre, elephant habitat allows visitors to walk alongside African elephants and see them from various places, including from a curved bridge.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
In September, the zoo welcomed a baby elephant named Lady Bird.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Feb. 2026
The car features the Jumpman logo on the hood and a black cement elephant print inspired by the Air Jordan III sneaker.
—ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
The 13-acre, elephant habitat allows visitors to walk alongside African elephants and see them from various places, including from a curved bridge.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
In September, the zoo welcomed a baby elephant named Lady Bird.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Feb. 2026
The car features the Jumpman logo on the hood and a black cement elephant print inspired by the Air Jordan III sneaker.
—ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elephant
Noun
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The 80-foot-long grinning behemoth floating in a roadside pond was built as an anniversary gift for the owner’s whale-loving wife.—
Zoey Goto,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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In addition to a long music career, McDonald remained politically active, advocating on behalf of saving the whales and helping Vietnam War veterans.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Elon Musk moved the head offices of his other companies — SpaceX and X — to Texas in 2024, as did Chevron, the oil giant that was started in California.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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New high-solution sonar images captured by aerospace giant Northrop Grumman have revealed the ironclad USS Monitor retains significant details, despite sitting more than 160 years on the seabed.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The plastic dinosaur is attached to a cap — its head in the front and its tail in the back.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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The next theme, coming this summer, will be dinosaur-related, said Library Executive Director Lindsey Dorfman.—
Jennifer Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The Bride not looking like a monster and retaining her desirability after reanimation is common, but only sometimes interrogated.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
7 Mar. 2026
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Whale, and later fellow directors Franc Rodman, Branagh and now Gyllenhaal, imagined what might have happened if Frankenstein had completed the female monster.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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Unlike typical mice with short gray-brown coats, these woolly mice have long dirty-blond hair that mimics the shaggy fur that helped protect mammoths from the Arctic cold.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2026
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Fans typically think of interior defensive linemen as the mammoths of the gridiron who dominate with size and strength.—
Caleb Yum,
Austin American Statesman,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Elephant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elephant. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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