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Noun
But in recent years those venues have been squeezed by multinational live-entertainment leviathans like Live Nation and AEG, and many were forced to close when the Covid pandemic shut down the touring world for months or, in many cases, more than a year. Mark Sutherland, Variety, 5 Mar. 2025 The remainder of the episode is dedicated to the war for the Yellowstone — the limping leviathan that will define and/or destroy every last Dutton life. Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2025 But in the last four years, the agency has veered off track—doubling in size and turning into a sprawling leviathan plagued by mission creep, financial mismanagement, and waste. Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025 The two leviathans join several mortal laptops for our performance comparisons, including the Acer Swift 14 AI AMD, the HP EliteBook 1040 G11, and the Lenovo ThinkBook 13x Gen 4. PCMAG, 16 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for leviathan
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leviathan
Adjective
  • The characters generally have stubby limbs, oversized heads, and eyes that are either very small or very large, but always with giant, solid black irises in the middle.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025
  • Inspired by Napoleon’s habit of using toy soldiers to plot his military battles, the designer dotted the entrance with giant cutouts with gold outlines, and shrouded the floor in smoke.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • For more than a century, National Geographic has made icons out of elephants, whales, and lions.
    Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
  • In addition to the fort’s historic reenactments, there are tours available, and many guests enjoy walking along the pristine beach to look for whales from December to April.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 17 June 2025
Adjective
  • The reluctance to do so earlier has converted a modest problem into a gigantic problem.
    Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • An image taken on March 8 documented two gigantic plumes arching above its surface.
    Robin Andrews, Wired News, 15 June 2025
Noun
  • The monster season Soto gave the Yankees last year, leading them to the World Series, is what the Padres expected from him.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2025
  • Today, that monster lives on, not in steel and speakers, but in light.
    Noah Eckstein, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • For people in vast swaths of Earth without access to cooling, the future looks hotter and filled with more sleep disruptions.
    Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 23 June 2025
  • These powerful stellar explosions serve as cosmic lighthouses, helping astronomers measure vast cosmic distances and understand the accelerating expansion of the universe.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • In the chaotic aftermath of the strike, roughly 75 percent of all species worldwide went extinct, including the non-avian dinosaurs.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
  • But finding small dinosaurs like this is much rarer, partly because they’re overlooked by fossil hunters searching for bigger, more impressive dinosaurs and partly because smaller skeletons are more likely to be ripped apart by predators and scavengers.
    Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • Argentina’s Boca have a seductive madness about them, engendered by their colossal support.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 17 June 2025
  • Stakeholders are hopeful that U.S. fans will embrace the tournament, and that its 2025 edition will be a colossal success.
    Mark LaSota, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • Stunning pictures show a female baby mammoth, dating back over 130,000 years, recently being dissected by Russian scientists.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • In March 2025, Colossal unveiled its woolly mouse, engineered to carry genes for the mammoth's characteristic thick, golden coat and accelerated fat metabolism.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 24 May 2025

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“Leviathan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leviathan. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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