as in loads
a considerable amount
has gobs of money
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Recent Examples of gobs
After spending lots of time resetting the social media company’s AI strategy—and gobs of money hiring the best technical talent imaginable—Meta is making even more changes.
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Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025
The electric motors add 242 horsepower—and gobs of low-end torque.
—Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Dalton said a lengthy prison sentence wouldn’t make the community any safer, wouldn’t help the man with his addiction and would cost taxpayers gobs of money.
—Scott Maxwell, Sun Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2025
In some instances, websites have gobs of readable material that explain what IQ is and how to manually determine yours.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025
The electric motors add 242 horsepower—and gobs of low-end torque.
—Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Dalton said a lengthy prison sentence wouldn’t make the community any safer, wouldn’t help the man with his addiction and would cost taxpayers gobs of money.
—Scott Maxwell, Sun Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2025
In some instances, websites have gobs of readable material that explain what IQ is and how to manually determine yours.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gobs
Noun
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Federal agents stopped three boats that were en route to South Florida from the Bahamas and were smuggling large loads of cocaine and dozens of Chinese migrants last week, according to court documents.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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On top of that, the humanoid handled different types of dishwasher loads, from dishes to glasses, adapting itself to execute the task with perfection.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This was a classic Smith performance with tons of yardage and some risky throws with both good and bad results.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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The typical basking shark that local whale watches see are about 20 to 25 feet long, weighing several tons.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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Huffman, 61, has been an advocate of strong climate change and environmental protection policies since his state Assembly tenure from 2006 to 2012, and was a member of the Marin Municipal Water District for a dozen years before that.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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The oldest neighborhood in Miami, Coconut Grove is a sedate enclave that hugs Biscayne Bay about a dozen miles from South Beach—but up to an hour by car during peak traffic—with the iconic Vizcaya Museum and Gardens as its cultural and architectural center.—
Mark David,
Robb Report,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Geneva Watch Days opened last Thursday with a slew of new introductions that added substance and excitement to the weekend of events seminars, roundtables and events focused on the world of luxury watches.—
Carol Besler,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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In addition to the slew of hotels in town, camping is available at Morro Bay State Park.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Storm Breaker, donning black and white patterning, is probably the least attractive of the bunch (to me, anyway).—
Mitch Wallace,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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But the new film, set in 1986, finds the Warrens dealing with a bunch of personal matters, as well as a Pennsylvania family haunted by a mirror cursed with malevolent spirits.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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State prosecutors said the ring targeted new vehicle storage lots at manufacturing facilities, car dealerships, parking lots and residences.—
Christina Hall,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, Lois Lane has gotten the surviving members of the Suicide Squad to join the cause, and the whole lot head to Apokolips.—
Will Harris,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Pastors in the African Methodist Episcopal Church were giving up chunks of their salaries to colleagues who lost churches in the area.—
Angele Latham,
The Tennessean,
29 Aug. 2025
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Ancillary fees—from seat selection to baggage—now make up a major chunk of airline profits.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Knowing that the flies’ systems correlate so well with human systems, Chaturvedi said researchers can now use artificial intelligence trained on a wealth of genetic data from fruit fly experiments to predict how the observed impacts on the flies translate to humans.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Over this summer, the Public Investment Fund — the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund — and the Ministry of Sports have opened the door to privatization and outside capital .—
Mavis Mook,
CNBC,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Gobs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gobs. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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