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
Other animals on the list include elephants, apes and lions, according to the IFAW list published on Sunday.
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
And on a barge with 30 elephants on the bank and the sun setting and birds flying over and hippos in the water.
—Janelle Ash , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Other live cameras monitoring elephants, lions and naked mole-rats also remain active during the shutdown.
—Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Analysis of loop-like bag openings found in female graves from the fifth to seventh century revealed that these were made from African elephant ivory.
—Duncan Sayer, JSTOR Daily, 2 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for elephant
Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
And on a barge with 30 elephants on the bank and the sun setting and birds flying over and hippos in the water.
—Janelle Ash , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Other live cameras monitoring elephants, lions and naked mole-rats also remain active during the shutdown.
—Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Analysis of loop-like bag openings found in female graves from the fifth to seventh century revealed that these were made from African elephant ivory.
—Duncan Sayer, JSTOR Daily, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elephant
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Driftwood tent shelters appear marooned like shipwrecks, and the beach is scattered with the bones of the giant whales.—
Chloe Berge,
AFAR Media,
15 Oct. 2025
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In recent years, activists focused on the fate of Lolita, an orca whale held captive in a shallow pool for more than a half-century.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
14 Oct. 2025
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Except buying Madrid is impossible because the Spanish giants have never been for sale.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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This small-format alternative is a way for the home furnishings global giant to expand its footprint without spending on real estate.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
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Jurassic World Evolution 3 Dinosaurs The real draw is the dinosaurs, all 80 of them.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Other protesters wore costumes, including inflatable chickens, frogs and dinosaurs, which some said emphasized the peaceful nature of the demonstrations.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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Many of the industry’s top outfits gain their reputations from leading monster deals or jockeying for board seats at Silicon Valley’s hottest startups.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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Grossman also took a page out of Monster Jam, the touring monster truck show that her company also produces.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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Humans have had an impact on biodiversity as far back as 130,000 years ago, with the disappearance of mammoths and giant sloths—and extinction has continued in our wake as the human race spread across the globe.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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With these tools, scientists may one day trace how microbes and mammoths co-evolved.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Elephant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elephant. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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