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also elephant
as in mammoths
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
Published in 2014, this story features a ring with a blue-green stone shaped like an elephant, infused with the spirit of a ghost.
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Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
According to her, the zoo takes the palatable trees removed from the preserve — dogwood, sumac, elm, mulberry, and boxelder — and feeds them to a variety of zoo animals, including gorillas, elephants, and giraffes.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Walter Salles couldn’t understand how a raw piece of wood could become a giraffe or an elephant.
—Alejandro González Iñárritu, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Then the older elephants — Ndlula, Umngani, Khosi — scramble to encircle and shield the two 7-year-old calves Zuli and Mkhaya from any possible threats.
—Nina Græger, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
The whole thing was 0nce an old British hunting outpost, built for grand hunting parties with elephants, silverware, and crates of champagne carried through thick jungle by unnamed brown men.
—Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
Multiple other locations in central Italy have butchered elephant remains, small stone tools, and larger modified bones.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 8 Oct. 2025
Other animals on the list include elephants, apes and lions, according to the IFAW list published on Sunday.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 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
Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
According to her, the zoo takes the palatable trees removed from the preserve — dogwood, sumac, elm, mulberry, and boxelder — and feeds them to a variety of zoo animals, including gorillas, elephants, and giraffes.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Walter Salles couldn’t understand how a raw piece of wood could become a giraffe or an elephant.
—Alejandro González Iñárritu, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2025
Then the older elephants — Ndlula, Umngani, Khosi — scramble to encircle and shield the two 7-year-old calves Zuli and Mkhaya from any possible threats.
—Nina Græger, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
The whole thing was 0nce an old British hunting outpost, built for grand hunting parties with elephants, silverware, and crates of champagne carried through thick jungle by unnamed brown men.
—Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
Multiple other locations in central Italy have butchered elephant remains, small stone tools, and larger modified bones.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 8 Oct. 2025
Other animals on the list include elephants, apes and lions, according to the IFAW list published on Sunday.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elephants
Noun
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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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In a study published in Cell, researchers set out to trace the microbial companions of mammoths across a staggering timeline, from over a million years ago to their final days on Wrangel Island just 4,000 years ago.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
30 Sep. 2025
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James Cameron has made a fear of nuclear weapons a plot point in several of his blockbusters.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Oct. 2025
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In a sign of the new era of film cooperation, Starmer announced that top Indian film and production company Yash Raj Films had committed to shooting three new Bollywood blockbusters in locations across the UK from 2026, after a long absence.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
8 Oct. 2025
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The project — which chronicles the adventures of Huntrix, a K-pop girl group comprising three members who just happen to also fight monsters from the underworld — has been a surprise hit for the streamer, and its soundtrack has spent several weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Oct. 2025
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As with the tikbálang, many monsters' status as threatening beings started within the confines of colonialism, Zarka pointed out.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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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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It was enacted the year before the Endangered Species Act, at a time when the movement to save whales from extinction was growing.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 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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For the first time, a rocket aims to surpass the past giants in power and capacity and make space travel economically sustainable.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Meanwhile warm-up demonstrations in Portland feature protestors in inflatable animal costumes—lots of frogs, along with unicorns, chickens, dinosaurs dancing in the streets, providing an alternative visual to the menace of masked enforcement agents.—
Nancy Gibbs,
Time,
17 Oct. 2025
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But this may be the first tech revolution that doesn’t vaporize the dinosaurs, the way mobile killed Nokia and threatened Microsoft, but grafts their DNA onto something new.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Lamar and Clipse, however, are lyrical titans.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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In the lead-up to the clash of the NL titans, Murphy explained what makes the Dodgers such a special team, highlighting their depth at most positions and a deep lineup full of stars.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Elephants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elephants. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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