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noun

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Recent Examples of jumbo
Adjective
For decades, fur was associated with a high-rolling luxury lifestyle along with jumbo diamonds and stilettos. Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025 This brand-new toy lets kids play with 32 jumbo-sized felt pieces that stick onto the board with hook-and-loop material. Clint Davis, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
Out of a jumbo set, quarterback Patrick Mahomes handed it off to running back Kareem Hunt, but Eagles linebacker Nolan Smith — initially untouched off the line — bulldozed through blockers Noah Gray and center Creed Humphrey to stop Hunt for a loss of one yard. Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2025 The customizable fruit muffin recipe makes standard-size or jumbo treats. Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for jumbo
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jumbo
Adjective
  • Of course, the heaviest anti-Shannon edit came from Sage, who noticed everything from the register of Shannon’s voice changing to her adversary being a giant shark wearing a cute seal mask.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The team already is contracted with oilfield services giant Halliburton, IPT Well Solutions, and Stampede Drilling.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Pettis said as climate change has warmed ocean waters, the whales have moved into new locations to follow their food sources.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Along the Westfjords coastline, there are several beautiful kayaking and whale-watching spots.
    Gwen Nicol, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Plus, the cash flow from its chemical business is gigantic.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Titanic, gigantic GodzillaStomped on Tokyo, then on Manila.
    Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Archie was a dinosaur for maybe five minutes.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Scientists believe the dinosaur, a herbivore, was about 10 feet long.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The pitch clock has already gone a long way towards helping make baseball more accessible, but moving the first pitch back 25 minutes would still make a huge difference.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Examples include huge catching nets, or docking with stray objects to force them back down into Earth's atmosphere.
    Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • With no one on in the bottom of the seventh, Ohtani hit a monster home run off Seranthony Dominguez to tie the game once again.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Ohtani’s monster 4-4 night – which included two home runs, two doubles, an astonishing five walks and 12 total bases – helped the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-5 win in 18 innings on Monday.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • My love for Stevie Wonder is enormous, and a lot of that comes from Joni’s love for Stevie Wonder.
    Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
  • That's an enormous gap, but what other team has a better claim as the league's 11th-best?
    Chase Goodbread, The Tuscaloosa News, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • After a mammoth run through North America as part of the After Hours Til Dawn Tour, Abel’s heading overseas in 2026.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025

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