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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
Eat the elephant one bite at a time, Redd recommends.
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Alora Bopray, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
By about 1500 trade in the Indian Ocean was dominated by Arab, Indian, Malay, and Chinese merchants, who together used various seafaring craft to transport a spectrum of cargo, from spices to elephants.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
At the immersive new Elephant Valley, visitors come face to face with a herd of eight elephants led by their matriarch, Swazi.
—Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 2 Apr. 2026
Raised by Samburu keepers who act as surrogate parents, these elephants are nurtured back to health and prepared for life in the wild.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2026
The amount of Jelly Belly jelly beans made in one day equals the weight of 24 elephants.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2026
The San Diego Zoo’s elephants, unwitting costars in the clip, gave the internet one of its most durable artifacts.
—Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026
The lesson is not about elephants, of course, but rather about introducing too many parameters in your model.
—Big Think, 1 Apr. 2026
The weight of beans made in one day equals that of 24 elephants.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2026
Alora Bopray, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
By about 1500 trade in the Indian Ocean was dominated by Arab, Indian, Malay, and Chinese merchants, who together used various seafaring craft to transport a spectrum of cargo, from spices to elephants.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
At the immersive new Elephant Valley, visitors come face to face with a herd of eight elephants led by their matriarch, Swazi.
—Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 2 Apr. 2026
Raised by Samburu keepers who act as surrogate parents, these elephants are nurtured back to health and prepared for life in the wild.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2026
The amount of Jelly Belly jelly beans made in one day equals the weight of 24 elephants.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2026
The San Diego Zoo’s elephants, unwitting costars in the clip, gave the internet one of its most durable artifacts.
—Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026
The lesson is not about elephants, of course, but rather about introducing too many parameters in your model.
—Big Think, 1 Apr. 2026
The weight of beans made in one day equals that of 24 elephants.
—Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elephants
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Sei whales are endangered and are common in the Southeast's waters.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Humpback whales aren't native to the Baltic.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
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If the dinosaurs and woolly mammoths that once roamed the Earth had since crumbled into dust, then what hope was there for humanity?—
Kathryn Hughes,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Birds are thought to have descended from carnivorous dinosaurs that began growing feathers by the Late Jurassic Period; thus, birds are technically one lineage of reptiles.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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And American tech giants like Amazon, OpenAI and Microsoft see the Gulf states’ abundant and cheap energy and vast land as key to their AI infrastructure buildouts.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
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Rioux is two inches taller than former NBA giants Gheorghe Muresan and Manute Bol, and three inches taller than popular big men Yao Ming, Tacko Fall and Shawn Bradley.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Fossils have also been found that indicate the islands were also once home to pygmy mammoths, which only reached 4 to 6 feet tall.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Surviving Earth explores the world 450M years ago featuring giant sea scorpions, mammoths and sabertooths.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
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There's also aliens or monsters or some other supernatural entity out to get them.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
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Sometimes darkly humorous, sometimes strangely heartbreaking, this immersive storytelling experience is Edgar Allan Poe for the modern age; a heart-to-bleeding-heart with madmen, murderers and monsters all dying to tell their story.—
William Earl,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Elephants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elephants. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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