tsunami
noun
tsu·na·mi
(t)su̇-ˈnä-mē 
plural tsunamis also tsunami
: a great sea wave produced especially by submarine earth movement or volcanic eruption : tidal wave
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That underestimation led to a misjudgment of tsunami heights — with some of the first detailed alerts erroneously estimating the tsunami would be lower than protective sea walls.
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Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
Often placed within the same package as high-end GPUs, HBM is crucial to providing the tsunami of data needed to run large language models like ChatGPT.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 June 2024
But good-government advocates say voters have a right to know who is behind the tsunami of ads and other messages that are overwhelming American politics today.
—Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 4 June 2024
The gathering tsunami of pharmacy shutdowns highlights a worsening national crisis for the United States, where health care is the most expensive in the world.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 June 2024
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Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
Often placed within the same package as high-end GPUs, HBM is crucial to providing the tsunami of data needed to run large language models like ChatGPT.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 June 2024
But good-government advocates say voters have a right to know who is behind the tsunami of ads and other messages that are overwhelming American politics today.
—Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 4 June 2024
The gathering tsunami of pharmacy shutdowns highlights a worsening national crisis for the United States, where health care is the most expensive in the world.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 June 2024
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tsunami
noun
tsu·na·mi
(t)su̇-ˈnäm-ē
: a great sea wave produced especially by an earthquake or volcanic eruption under the sea : tidal wave
Etymology
Japanese, from tsu "harbor" + nami "wave"
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