as in whale
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 mastodon
New York State Museum Remnants of mastodons have been discovered in New York before.
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
The short-faced bear went extinct around 11,000 years, at the end of the Pleistocene, along with most of the large mammals that lived alongside it, including all the large carnivores listed above, as well as giant ground sloths, mammoths, mastodons, giant beavers, camels, and giant armadillos.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
These are direct descendants of hunters who chased deer — and maybe mastodons and bison — across these hills.
—Andrew Sharp, Outdoor Life, 27 Nov. 2024
Read More: Pre-Clovis Projectiles Hint At Multiple Migrations Hunting Massive and Small Mammals
Ancient people who used Clovis technology typically hunted massive prey, like mammoths and mastodons.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
The short-faced bear went extinct around 11,000 years, at the end of the Pleistocene, along with most of the large mammals that lived alongside it, including all the large carnivores listed above, as well as giant ground sloths, mammoths, mastodons, giant beavers, camels, and giant armadillos.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
These are direct descendants of hunters who chased deer — and maybe mastodons and bison — across these hills.
—Andrew Sharp, Outdoor Life, 27 Nov. 2024
Read More: Pre-Clovis Projectiles Hint At Multiple Migrations Hunting Massive and Small Mammals
Ancient people who used Clovis technology typically hunted massive prey, like mammoths and mastodons.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mastodon
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By Chase’s retelling, the whale rammed the Essex one more time before disappearing for good.Emily Blackwood, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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Lives unfold and unravel as the uncertain human beings wonder whether the whales will ever return.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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Some tracks show paths taken by Cetiosaurus, a dinosaur that grew to nearly 60 feet in length.Fox News, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
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The team uncovered five trackways in the rock, each made by a different dinosaur.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
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Now, education technology giant PowerSchool has become the latest target, with records of millions of students and teachers stolen.Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Friday urged retailing giant Walmart to abandon plans to scale back its diversity, equity and inclusion programs amid pressure from political conservatives.Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 11 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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The mammoth weighs 240 pounds, according to Reuters.Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 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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For the mammoth, that animal is the Asian elephant.Katie Hunt, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
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Maybe most striking, however, is the case of Tip, an Asian elephant shipped across the Atlantic Ocean to a New York City zoo in the late 1880s.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Mastodon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mastodon. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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