as in whale
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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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 elephant
Ari Daniel, NPR, 7 June 2026
The animals, including Rosie the elephant, a lion named Rex, an orangutan named Agnes and a dog named Queenie, are portrayed either with puppets or with circus performers wearing elaborate costumes.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2026
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
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Since Köhler's early work, researchers have conducted similar experiments involving an out-of-reach reward and an object to stand upon in birds and elephants.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 7 June 2026
The animals, including Rosie the elephant, a lion named Rex, an orangutan named Agnes and a dog named Queenie, are portrayed either with puppets or with circus performers wearing elaborate costumes.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2026
Noun
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elephant
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Access to Lovers Point Beach in Monterey County is closed after a dead whale was found floating near the shore on Wednesday.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
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The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has issued the first batch of permits to move the whales and is set to issue different permits closer to the move, expected to take place in the next few months.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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Jupiter — the king of the planets — casts a warm light to the left, accompanied by a line of bright star-like objects that represent the gas giant's four large Galilean moons.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
9 June 2026
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The bank's largest shareholder is French banking giant Crédit Agricole, which owns roughly 20% of BPM.—
Anna Matranga,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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In 1876, Arthur Lakes, a professor at Jarvis Hall college, discovered several dinosaur fossils on the west side of a hogback west of Denver, including the first fossils to be called stegosaurus.—
Alia Beard Rau,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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As each multi-colored dinosaur is born, kids watching at home learn how to count.—
Parents,
Parents,
5 June 2026
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The Tribune likened the spectacle to Veeck’s version of Frankenstein’s monster.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2026
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With venom and shrewd determination, Nicholson paints his character as a swaggering monster who milks every syllable of his dialogue with vitriolic relish.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 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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When Colossal Biosciences raises capital at a $10 billion valuation, investors are not betting on the mammoth.—
Ethan Stone,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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“Elephant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elephant. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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