amazon

noun

Definition of amazonnext
as in giant

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  1. giant
  2. elephant
  3. colossus
  4. whale
  5. behemoth
  6. mammoth
  7. jumbo
  8. dinosaur
Noun
  • In Indiana one November, bowhunter Brent Ireland got a single cam picture of a double-drop giant.
    Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Election Day Rideshare giants Uber and Lyft are both giving 50% off rides to polls, up to $10, Tuesday.
    Kelly Tyko, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of giant
Noun
  • These transparent accommodations are in the heart of the camp, and guests watch and listen as the elephants move about.
    Catherine Garcia, theweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Here are the female leaders making a real difference in Kenya through their conservation efforts that protect elephants, cheetahs, lions, and more.
    Venetia Martin, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of elephant
Noun
  • But the security advisory published on Nov. 01 by authentication colossus Okta did just that, and then some.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • From a realist perspective, the prospect of China as an economic colossus was a nightmare.
    John Mearsheimer, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
Definition of colossus
Noun
  • The podcaster also brought up an unproven statement from his interview with Trump: that wind-turbines, a form of clean energy, are negatively affecting and even killing whales.
    Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Unlike the more familiar whale (Rhincodon typus) and basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus), the megamouth remains a shadowy figure in our history books.
    Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of whale
Noun
  • There are specters, too: Here’s the late Colin De Land and Pat Hearn, who helped start the behemoth that grew into the Armory Show.
    Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Iger, who has been with the media behemoth for four decades, served as its CEO from 2005 to 2020.
    Bruce Gil, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of behemoth
Noun
  • The joke of Strings’s mammoth, self-sabotaging ego, however, can only be sustained for so long, even by very appealing actors.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
  • The event, according to research, may have triggered a 1000-year-long ice age, wiping out many large animals, including mammoths, and dramatically marking the growth of human civilization.
    Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of mammoth
Noun
  • That’s a continuation, albeit a slowdown, of its jumbo, 50-basis-point reduction to the benchmark rate; its first cut in more than four years at the FOMC’s September meeting.
    Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
  • That certainly was the case as markets anticipated the start of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s easing cycle, which kicked off with a jumbo cut last month .
    Weizhen Tan,Katrina Bishop, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of jumbo
Noun
  • The college essay is going the way of the dinosaurs as more teachers give up on the ability to tell whether their students are writing their papers themselves.
    Nir Eisikovits, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The devastation that wiped out the dinosaurs created ideal conditions for various fungi to thrive, and ants actually began to cultivate fungi.
    Popular Science Staff, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of dinosaur
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