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also elephant
as in whales
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 elephants
In 2022, the New York State Court of Appeals ruled 5–2 that elephants have no constitutional rights and that Happy should not be released pursuant to habeas corpus, per the NYT.
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Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
There is an old joke involving the use of a pea shooter or pea gun to try to take down an elephant.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
The Wildlife Conservation Society said in 2006 that once there was only one elephant, the animal might be moved to another zoo if circumstances were right.
—Jennifer Peltz, Fortune, 28 May 2026
While in-hand images aren’t yet available, the style is expected to feature an all-red elephant print upper with white, black, gray and metallic silver filling in the hardware and branding accents.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 27 May 2026
Colorado's highest court later issued a similar ruling about five elephants in a zoo there.
—CBS News, 27 May 2026
The Nonhuman Rights Project has continued pursuing cases about elephants in various other states.
—ABC News, 27 May 2026
And the elephants just lost their job.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 23 Mar. 2025
The elephant is, quite appropriately, according to Jonathan Haidt’s beloved analogy for Daniel Kahneman’s System 1 / System 2 duo, the emotion itself.
—Tim Maurer, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
There is an old joke involving the use of a pea shooter or pea gun to try to take down an elephant.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
The Wildlife Conservation Society said in 2006 that once there was only one elephant, the animal might be moved to another zoo if circumstances were right.
—Jennifer Peltz, Fortune, 28 May 2026
While in-hand images aren’t yet available, the style is expected to feature an all-red elephant print upper with white, black, gray and metallic silver filling in the hardware and branding accents.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 27 May 2026
Colorado's highest court later issued a similar ruling about five elephants in a zoo there.
—CBS News, 27 May 2026
The Nonhuman Rights Project has continued pursuing cases about elephants in various other states.
—ABC News, 27 May 2026
And the elephants just lost their job.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 23 Mar. 2025
The elephant is, quite appropriately, according to Jonathan Haidt’s beloved analogy for Daniel Kahneman’s System 1 / System 2 duo, the emotion itself.
—Tim Maurer, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elephants
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Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network is a nonprofit focused on protecting marine mammals, including dolphins, whales and seals in South Carolina waters.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2026
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There are whales and cacti; birds and deep-sea fish, or fruit and flowers bursting from the same stalk.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
27 May 2026
Noun
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Some are composites assembled from multiple dinosaurs or replica bones to create the illusion of a more complete skeleton.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
28 May 2026
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Kank australis belongs to the unenlagiids, a family of small-to-medium theropod dinosaurs discovered across Late Cretaceous deposits in South America, Antarctica, Australia, and Madagascar.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
28 May 2026
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Within weeks of being sworn in to helm the FHFA, which oversees the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Pulte shattered norms by quickly jettisoning executives and policies.—
Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
2 June 2026
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The timing of the rule changes is auspicious for the tech giants.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
2 June 2026
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The artificial egg tech is the latest addition to Colossal's list of de-extinction projects, which now span dodo birds, dire wolves, and mammoths.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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In a twist of prehistoric irony, our ancestors’ hunting skills proved too effective, leading to the extinction of mammoths around 10,000 years ago—and mammoth-bone dwellings with them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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Some fans believe that the Backrooms is best left empty, viewing monsters as a cheap distraction from the existential horror of an infinite office space.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Yet, the slender fangjaw proves that the creatures that look like monsters might actually hold the blueprints for our future.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
26 May 2026
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“Elephants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elephants. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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