as in whale
something or someone that is unusually large and powerful
the family-owned company lost the contract to a multibillion-dollar Goliath
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Recent Examples of Goliath
Season two will chart the aftermath of the battle between David and Goliath and David’s rise to the throne.
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Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
Season 2 will follow the aftermath of the battle between David and Goliath and David’s rise to the throne.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025
Alec Merlino White's original Goliath tribemate Alec Merlino was unanimously sent to the jury after losing an impressive endurance challenge that lasted five hours.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Every game is being played to 40 points with no fouling out and there is a David vs. Goliath element thrown in there for good measure.
—Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 15 Feb. 2025
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Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
Season 2 will follow the aftermath of the battle between David and Goliath and David’s rise to the throne.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025
Alec Merlino White's original Goliath tribemate Alec Merlino was unanimously sent to the jury after losing an impressive endurance challenge that lasted five hours.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Every game is being played to 40 points with no fouling out and there is a David vs. Goliath element thrown in there for good measure.
—Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Goliath
Noun
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When krill numbers fell again, so did the whales’ songs.—
Bloomberg,
The Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2025
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After dealing with whales and black swans and two of every creature on Noah’s Ark, Darren Aronofsky is going back to the animal kingdom for his next film.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The big picture: The new deals also further extend an AI spending spree that saw massive capital-expenditure growth from tech giants Microsoft, Alphabet/Google, Amazon and Meta in 2024 — a trend the companies say will continue.—
Scott Rosenberg,
Axios,
21 Mar. 2025
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Participants include most of the major U.S. power suppliers and tech giants such as Microsoft, Oracle and NVIDIA.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The first major update, aptly titled Title Update 1, is set to be released later this week, and brings new monsters, new activities, and more for players of the game.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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White Painted Woman was a model of heroism and honorable womanhood: When evil monsters were hunting the Apache people, the White Painted Woman gave birth to a son who would destroy the creatures to help make Earth inhabitable for humanity.—
Alejandra Rubio,
NPR,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Smaller dinosaurs and other creatures were caught in the mud, unable to escape.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Travelers can get their hands dirty and track down ancient dinosaur fossils, jewels and more treasures through excursions across the country.—
Perri Ormont Blumberg Fox News,
Fox News,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Engineering The Woolly Mouse—A Mammoth Gene Experiment Bringing back the mammoth is no simple task.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Shapiro and her colleagues started by trying to identify the genes responsible for making mammoths distinctive.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Goliath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Goliath. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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