as in giant
unusually large
a jumbo jet
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as in whale
something that is unusually large and powerful
the winner in the contest for biggest pumpkin was a jumbo that weighed in at over a thousand pounds
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Recent Examples of jumbo
Marisa Garcia, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
Credit needed 620 for conventional, 500 for FHA loans, 660 for jumbo, none for some non-qualifying mortgages.
—Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
And who could forget her stunning jumbo twists at the 2024 Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show?
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 26 Jan. 2025
These bells and whistles are features of a new jumbo store format that Dick’s is opening across the country.
—Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Noun
The airline has 52 747s in its fleet and will operate 1,558 flights on the jumbo this summer, accounting for over 569,000 seats.
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—Marisa Garcia, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
Credit needed 620 for conventional, 500 for FHA loans, 660 for jumbo, none for some non-qualifying mortgages.
—Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
And who could forget her stunning jumbo twists at the 2024 Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show?
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 26 Jan. 2025
These bells and whistles are features of a new jumbo store format that Dick’s is opening across the country.
—Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jumbo
Adjective
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The pre-match tifo at the Roker End depicted the County Durham legend of the giant Lambton worm, slayed by a gallant local hero.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
17 Aug. 2025
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With a giant open-air amphitheater, a covered pavilion that hosts the local farmers market, and plenty of open green spaces to relax, Trailblazer Park is an excellent way to enjoy the town from a local’s perspective.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
17 Aug. 2025
Noun
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While juvenile white sharks mainly eat bottom fish, smaller sharks and rays, and schooling fish and squids, larger white sharks feed on seal and sea lion colonies and occasionally scavenge dead whales.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
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Over the course of three days, the rescue team worked to cut away the snarled ropes, with video capturing their approach to the whale in a small boat.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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My view is that this is the first tiny snowball that is starting to roll down a snowy hill and soon will be a gigantic avalanche that everybody will be talking about. Time will tell.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The duo utilized a park near their production stages to erect the set pieces that included buildings, tents, and a gigantic tower with an observation deck – the latter of which required constructing multiple versions.—
Daron James,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
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There’s a visit to the Flaming Cliffs, where the first dinosaur egg was discovered, and an immersion in the contemporary wonders of the capital, Ulaanbaatar, in this land of rugged beauty.—
Everett Potter,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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The Field Museum won the dinosaur fossil for $8.36 million during an eight-minute auction held Oct. 4, 1997. 1994: Kenneth Hansen was charged with the October 1955 murders of three boys — brothers John, 13, and Anton Schuessler, 11 and their friend Robert Peterson, 14.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The numbers show that while AC/DC’s international fanbase is huge, U.S. listeners — whose activity is counted on the Billboard Global 200 but not on the Billboard Global Excl.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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That's huge for schools, researchers, and developers who've never had access to this kind of tech at this kind of price.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Second-year defensive tackle Isaiah Iton enjoyed an up-and-down day, jumping offsides during individual and team drills, notching a run stuff and monster win in 1-on-1 pass rush.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
7 Aug. 2025
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The luxury, 387-room hotel, located in Tokyo's Roppongi Hills complex, is collaborating with the Nintendo, the parent company of Pokémon, to give its fans the ultimate respite this summer: a few nights surrounded by their favorite pocket monsters.—
Jalyn Robinson,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Two enormous doors slide open to reveal a dark, gaping space beyond them.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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But the implications for American patients, employers, and the healthcare system as a whole are enormous.—
Sally Pipes,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Previously thought to be early domesticated dogs or tamed wolves living near humans, the animals’ remains were found near woolly mammoth bones that had been burned and cut by humans, suggesting the canids lived near a site where humans butchered mammoths.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
14 June 2025
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At the same time, research on de-extinction can also be used to protect endangered species from going extinct, in the case of the mammoth, the research can help protect endangered elephants, the company says.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Jumbo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jumbo. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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