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mammoths

noun

plural of mammoth
as in whales
something that is unusually large and powerful even as sport-utility vehicles go, that one is a mammoth

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Recent Examples of mammoths In ancient California, they are believed to have existed alongside other extinct native species, including bison-sized Jefferson’s ground sloths, Columbian mammoths and western camels. — Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026 See fossils of the 14-foot, 20,000-pound mammoths that used to roam around Texas. — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026 The site preserves the remains of Columbian mammoths and offers a look at Ice Age life in Texas. — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026 Woolly mammoths coexisted with early humans who hunted the cold-resistant herbivores for food and used their tusks and bones as tools. — CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026 These results raise some questions about how Ice Age hunter-gatherers interacted with wooly mammoths. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 30 July 2026 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, 10 June 2026 The artificial egg tech is the latest addition to Colossal's list of de-extinction projects, which now span dodo birds, dire wolves, and mammoths. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026 Fossils have also been found that indicate the islands were also once home to pygmy mammoths, which only reached 4 to 6 feet tall. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mammoths
  1. whales
  2. dinosaurs
  3. giants
  4. monsters
  5. elephants
Noun
  • The public is advised to stay alert, particularly in active waterways with boat traffic, as whales can surface unexpectedly.
    — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The scientists also found evidence of specialized, super-sized neurons involved in social cognition only found in large-brain mammals like elephants, whales, and primates, including humans.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of whales
Noun
  • The findings add to the growing body of research into how dinosaurs functioned.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Eagle says that's higher than a reptile or some slower mammals like sloths, but lower than birds, which evolved from dinosaurs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of dinosaurs
Noun
  • As tech giants race to expand computing infrastructure, Nvidia has emerged as the single biggest beneficiary of the current AI boom.
    — , CNBC, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Its technology unit, Aramco Digital, has agreements with global tech giants including Microsoft, Qualcomm, and Groq — subsequently acquired by Nvidia — to collaborate in Saudi Arabia.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of giants
Noun
  • Districts could be drawn that look like dinosaurs, steam locomotives or Frankenstein monsters.
    — Chris West, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2026
  • However, the biggest influences behind the storytelling came from classic Universal monsters and the Hammer Film Productions horrors.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of monsters
Noun
  • The elephant would be Sheeran’s former opening act, Macklemore, who is no longer with the traveling production.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Atari wore elephant-print pants and a purple wizard’s cloak, and kept handy a face mask emblazoned with the words what if love wins?
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of elephants

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“Mammoths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mammoths. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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