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
Fossils have also been found that indicate the islands were also once home to pygmy mammoths, which only reached 4 to 6 feet tall.
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Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026
Surviving Earth explores the world 450M years ago featuring giant sea scorpions, mammoths and sabertooths.
—Peter White, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026
Unlike typical mice with short gray-brown coats, these woolly mice have long dirty-blond hair that mimics the shaggy fur that helped protect mammoths from the Arctic cold.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 4 Mar. 2026
Fans typically think of interior defensive linemen as the mammoths of the gridiron who dominate with size and strength.
—Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 26 Feb. 2026
Unlike many slow-moving urban mammoths, this could be a model for how to integrate local desires with capitalist imperatives to deliver your friendly neighborhood megaproject.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Feb. 2026
Savvy ancestors As mammoths and elephants were rare in prehistoric England, the discovery highlights the advanced cognitive skills of early humans.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Jan. 2026
Using chemical clues from Neanderthal bones, researchers have placed the species at the top of the food chain, alongside apex predators like lions – feasting on big animals such as mammoths or bison.
—Jay Kakade
december 31, New Atlas, 31 Dec. 2025
These traits mirror adaptations that once helped mammoths survive frigid, resource-scarce environments.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026
Surviving Earth explores the world 450M years ago featuring giant sea scorpions, mammoths and sabertooths.
—Peter White, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026
Unlike typical mice with short gray-brown coats, these woolly mice have long dirty-blond hair that mimics the shaggy fur that helped protect mammoths from the Arctic cold.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 4 Mar. 2026
Fans typically think of interior defensive linemen as the mammoths of the gridiron who dominate with size and strength.
—Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 26 Feb. 2026
Unlike many slow-moving urban mammoths, this could be a model for how to integrate local desires with capitalist imperatives to deliver your friendly neighborhood megaproject.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 Feb. 2026
Savvy ancestors As mammoths and elephants were rare in prehistoric England, the discovery highlights the advanced cognitive skills of early humans.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Jan. 2026
Using chemical clues from Neanderthal bones, researchers have placed the species at the top of the food chain, alongside apex predators like lions – feasting on big animals such as mammoths or bison.
—Jay Kakade
december 31, New Atlas, 31 Dec. 2025
These traits mirror adaptations that once helped mammoths survive frigid, resource-scarce environments.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mammoths
Noun
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Humans, not whales, at fault, others say Not everyone believes the case has been solved.—
Michael H Gavshon,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The attraction will continue to have real arctic animals such as walruses and beluga whales on exhibit as part of its exit.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 Apr. 2026
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Small plastic children’s toys lined at the top of the car — dinosaurs and dump trucks and sharks — creating their own shrunken skyline in front of the Vertigo, signaling that young kids likely lived there.—
Julissa James,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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Though not as big or catastrophic as the asteroid theorized to have wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, Apophis would cause widespread destruction up to several hundred kilometers from its impact site.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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While these tech giants incorporate their AI chips as part of their respective cloud computing platforms so customers can access them, Meta's MTIA chips are used entirely for internal purposes.—
Katie Tarasov,Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2026
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Increasingly, tech giants are paying to construct massive plants to provide energy directly to their data centers without connecting to the grid.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Daniel Bernhardt is Deathstalker, a legendary swordsman stuck with a cursed amulet who befriends swamp monsters and teams with a mini wizard (voiced by Patton Oswalt) to stop a dark magic from ruling the land.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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Both were monsters on the boards and couldn’t be stopped at times inside.—
Kels Dayton,
Hartford Courant,
8 Apr. 2026
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In India, the Queen showed her appreciation for the country by touring the Taj Mahal and riding an elephant.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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Migrating zebras and noisy elephants Arriving at Leroo La Tau Lodge, perched on the western flank of Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, brought a cluster of surprises.—
Lucie Grace,
TheWeek,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Mammoths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mammoths. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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