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Recent Examples of Synonyms for white elephants
Noun
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Fans have voted on idols, challenges, advantages, tribe swaps, tribal colors, and even whether or not castaways will get rice during their 26-day competition.—
Bebe Hodges,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
26 Feb. 2026 -
There are 24 castaways in season 50, who all have made previous appearances multiple times, dating back to season one.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Piles of human scraps offer a bottomless buffet to wildlife, and to access that bounty, animals need to be bold enough to rummage through human rubbish but not so bold as to become a threat to people.—
Marina Wang,
Scientific American,
14 Nov. 2025
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Helga once wrestled down a drunk fisherman in the Café, a man of above-average size, and then threw him out like a piece of rubbish; Jens thus transfers most of his weight automatically to her; who is this kid, by the way?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In a matter of 31 seconds, USC had cut a seemingly insurmountable lead to single digits.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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With an overall average time of 3 hours, 39 minutes and 28 seconds, Reed placed first among 16 women competing in the World Marathon Challenge, which celebrated its ninth edition this year with more than 50 total entrants.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2026
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“White elephants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/white%20elephants. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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