as in whale
something or someone that is unusually large and powerful
by any standard, the new shopping mall will be an elephant and one that is certain to alter the retail landscape
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Recent Examples of elephant
At zoos in the United States, visitors and most staff members are usually prohibited from touching elephants.
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Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
Kirby: Asian elephant, Houston Zoo On Nov. 15, Shanti, a 34-year-old Asian elephant at the Houston Zoo, gave birth to a 314-pound female calf named Kirby after a 19-hour labor.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 31 Dec. 2024
At that point the elephants, peaceful, placid and wise, will rise to power, and from them will rise an even greater Broadway musical.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Luxury safari-goers were once all about spotting lions, leopards, elephants, buffaloes and rhinos — albeit while staying in nicer tents and dining on gourmet food.
—Harriet Akinyi, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
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Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
Kirby: Asian elephant, Houston Zoo On Nov. 15, Shanti, a 34-year-old Asian elephant at the Houston Zoo, gave birth to a 314-pound female calf named Kirby after a 19-hour labor.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 31 Dec. 2024
At that point the elephants, peaceful, placid and wise, will rise to power, and from them will rise an even greater Broadway musical.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Luxury safari-goers were once all about spotting lions, leopards, elephants, buffaloes and rhinos — albeit while staying in nicer tents and dining on gourmet food.
—Harriet Akinyi, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elephant
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The Campbells have been known to just sit on a terrace with a local beer keeping a look-out for those whales while giant icebergs float past.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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In recent years, large numbers of whales have washed ashore up and down the East Coast, including in New Jersey and Massachusetts.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
16 Jan. 2025
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Two days after settling his latest claim against Rupert Murdoch's tabloid The Sun, the Duke of Sussex's legal team has been told that costs in his case against another media giant can only reach $5.1 million.—
Simon Perry,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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In another scenario, a mid-sized software client competing against giants like Amazon transformed its customer engagement strategy by solving a critical data integration challenge.—
Rajiv Shesh,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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One of the favorites is the playable lineages based on dinosaur families.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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For example, Joslin said an upcoming dinosaur program will be presented by MC Rose, a naturalist with a geology degree.—
Debra Skodack,
Kansas City Star,
17 Jan. 2025
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Set in a new location with new monsters, Wilds introduces a new type of mount, new monsters, an improved wound system, focus mode, and a new tool called the hook slinger.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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Are we meant to sympathize with this creature as people scream in terror and call it a monster and attack it and scream for it to be shot?—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Per the reports, the mammoth is now being studied at Lazarev Mammoth Museum Laboratory, which specializes in studying mammoths and their Ice Age environment and is located at the North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU) in Yakutsk.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
24 Dec. 2024
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The mammoth is said to measure in at 4 feet tall and less than 6.6 feet long.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
24 Dec. 2024
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“Elephant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elephant. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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