as in whales
something or someone that is unusually large and powerful
mom-and-pop stores just can't compete with these mastodons of retailing
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Recent Examples of mastodons
Other species recovered from the cave, including mastodons and ground sloths, are rare in the region.
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Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2026
Ground sloths and mastodons are linked to forest habitats.
—Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2026
Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2026
Ground sloths and mastodons are linked to forest habitats.
—Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mastodons
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Families flock to the Cape for mini-golfing, traipsing around sand dunes, comparing ice cream stands, gobbling up lobster rolls, spotting whales, and simply admiring the gray cedar shake houses adorned with colorful buoys.—
Kara Williams,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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For roughly 370 million years, scientists believed large vertebrate predators ruled ocean ecosystems — first fish and sharks, then marine reptiles, then whales.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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The Late Cretaceous was the final epoch of the Mesozoic Era, which was dominated by the dinosaurs, including tyrannosaurus rex and triceratops.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Scientists have studied giant octopus relatives that roamed when dinosaurs were around, and researched some small octopuses that drilled into clams.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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For Cook, Apple's privacy-first approach to user data has long been a differentiator compared to other tech giants like Meta and Google, which specialize in letting brands target users with ads.—
Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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And that’s worked to Apple’s advantage as investors have shopped for an alternative to volatile tech giants scrambling to outspend one another on data centers and circular financing deals.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2026
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Fossils have also been found that indicate the islands were also once home to pygmy mammoths, which only reached 4 to 6 feet tall.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Surviving Earth explores the world 450M years ago featuring giant sea scorpions, mammoths and sabertooths.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
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So many of my favorite filmmakers over the years have been exposed as monsters.—
Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
19 Apr. 2026
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No further films in the series are planned, though Universal did repurpose the name Dark Universe for an area of its Epic Universe theme park featuring the classic monsters.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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Until authorities grant the camp permission to build a well, water is supplied from a tank which is prone to elephant damage.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Apr. 2026
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Central Africa is home to roughly 95,000 endangered forest elephants, with the largest numbers being found in Gabon, according to the World Wildlife Fund.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Mastodons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mastodons. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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