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
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
Following the Fed’s jumbo, 50-basis-point cut in September, mortgage rates have risen in tandem with the yield.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 19 Dec. 2024
Fed Governor Michelle Bowman voted against the jumbo, half-point cut in September — the first dissent since 2005.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 18 Dec. 2024
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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
Following the Fed’s jumbo, 50-basis-point cut in September, mortgage rates have risen in tandem with the yield.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 19 Dec. 2024
Fed Governor Michelle Bowman voted against the jumbo, half-point cut in September — the first dissent since 2005.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jumbo
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The French American artist, who died in 2010, is best known for her giant sculptures of spiders, including a 20-foot-high bronze creation that sold for $32.8 million in 2023, setting a record-high price for a work by a female artist.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
30 June 2025
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The bottom line is that this legislation acts as a giant wealth transfer from the poor to the rich and the young to the old.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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But staff say whales have been spotted in the area, with humpbacks finally making a return after a 25-year absence.—
Zoe Baillargeon,
Travel + Leisure,
28 June 2025
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The House Natural Resources Committee has also suggested weakening the Marine Mammal Protection Act with an apparent intent to unravel protections for species like the North Atlantic right whale and the Gulf of Mexico Rice’s whale.—
Christine Peterson,
Vox,
27 June 2025
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George Shea, who still hosts the competition, helped turn the homespun event into a gigantic spectacle.—
Elise Hammond,
CNN Money,
4 July 2025
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On June 30, Netflix premiered its documentary Shark Whisperer, which follows Ocean Ramsey in her unique (and controversial — and viral) approach to marine conservation: swimming freely with gigantic sharks for hours on end.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
4 July 2025
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The dinosaurs revert to instinct and viciously attack humans, thereby creating chilling suspense for audiences.—
Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Now on to the good stuff: Thrill to big-screen dinosaurs again in 'Jurassic World Rebirth' Scarlett Johansson threw down with Thanos.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
5 July 2025
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But this scraping has sparked a huge backlash from publishers, artists and writers, who complain that it has been done without any consent or compensation.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
1 July 2025
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These benefits from huge Green Pine-series radars for early warning and to help cue fire control sensors towards incoming threats.—
Sebastien Roblin,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Call of Cthulhu flipped a lot of gaming conventions on their head with characters that degraded over time and scenarios that rewarded fleeing monsters instead of slaying them.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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While the menu will be nearly identical to the Overland Park spot — fajita omelets, banana monster waffles, breakfast tacos, etc. — the Westport spot will have more drink options.—
Jenna Thompson
July 2,
Kansas City Star,
2 July 2025
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And for what? To cover only a fraction of the enormous cost of the bill, which will add more than $3 trillion to the federal debt by 2034.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
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With that enormous amount of moisture serving as fuel, the winds hitting the escarpment in West Texas served as a kind of match that started the storms.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
6 July 2025
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And likewise, some Asian animals, such as the ancestors of the mammoth, came walking through and lived in the Americas for thousands of years.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 June 2025
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The logo represents the city, as mammoths used to live in Utah during the last ice age.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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“Jumbo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jumbo. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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