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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
Lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, giraffes, hyenas and countless antelope species thrive here.
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Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
The team ended up with a jar of elephant dung scent.
—Rj MacKenzie, Popular Science, 11 June 2026
The elephant in the deep-blue district is Mamdani, who won about 80% of the district’s vote in his 2025 mayoral campaign.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
Mari didn't see the wild animals at first, due to the heavy rain and fog in the area, and was attacked by the adult elephant, the outlets reported, citing the Kerala Forest Department (KFD).
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
Madonna hunts pheasant in the English countryside, Thomas Edison electrocutes an elephant, Harry Harlow conducts callous experiments on monkeys, and Jimmy Carter fends off a swamp rabbit attack.
—Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
Kirby Miller, Zoo Atlanta's senior elephant care specialist, is working with Mastali to develop the system.
—Monique John, CBS News, 9 June 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
Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
The team ended up with a jar of elephant dung scent.
—Rj MacKenzie, Popular Science, 11 June 2026
The elephant in the deep-blue district is Mamdani, who won about 80% of the district’s vote in his 2025 mayoral campaign.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
Mari didn't see the wild animals at first, due to the heavy rain and fog in the area, and was attacked by the adult elephant, the outlets reported, citing the Kerala Forest Department (KFD).
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
Madonna hunts pheasant in the English countryside, Thomas Edison electrocutes an elephant, Harry Harlow conducts callous experiments on monkeys, and Jimmy Carter fends off a swamp rabbit attack.
—Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
Kirby Miller, Zoo Atlanta's senior elephant care specialist, is working with Mastali to develop the system.
—Monique John, CBS News, 9 June 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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Twenty whales — 19 belugas and one killer whale — have died at Marineland since 2019, according to provincial government data obtained through freedom-of-information laws and official statements.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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While much research on animal communication focuses on large mammals thought to have relatively rich communication systems, such as primates and cetaceans (whales and dolphins), Birch said the judges try to cast a wide zoological net.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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Being in Steven Spielberg's sci-fi actioner was a career high for everyone involved, but some cast members have soared even higher since walking with dinosaurs.—
Huntley Woods,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 June 2026
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The asteroid impact that doomed the dinosaurs may also have built one of Earth's longest-lasting underground ecosystems.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
10 June 2026
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The deal also comes at a time of biotech dealmaking frenzy, driven by looming patent cliffs, newly buoyant public markets and pharma giants’ race to bolster their pipelines.—
Anniek Bao,Elsa Ohlen,
CNBC,
9 June 2026
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Analysts have said Microsoft’s Xbox consoles and Game Pass subscription service have underperformed, caught between traditional gaming giants and cheaper, casual rivals like the Nex Playground active game system.—
Sebastian Herrera,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
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According to this theory, those now-extinct megafauna—the giant ground sloths and the giant beavers, the mastodons and mammoths, and even the lions and dire wolves—were relatively quickly hunted to extinction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 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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Democrats never dare to criticize any of these Third World monsters, only the cops trying to protect American taxpayers from their cruel depredations.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
7 June 2026
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This is because the main enemies in this game look to be large chitinous alien monsters, which your titular Gundam can slice into tiny pieces.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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“Elephants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elephants. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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