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
The Goliath preheat device features a robust 280mAh battery, ensuring long-lasting sessions with minimal recharging—even for frequent users.
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Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025
Can’t wait to read the David v Goliath article later this week!
—Jourdan Rodrigue, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
As a result, literature is full of reminders that long odds can sometimes be surmounted—that David can defeat Goliath, that perseverance can pay off, and that action can lead to change.
—Vanessa Armstrong, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
Instead, Near and his co-authors argue, the tiny fish known as Percina tanasi that embodied a David and Goliath battle against the Tellico Dam is an eastern population of the stargazing darter—not a distinct or endangered species.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025
Can’t wait to read the David v Goliath article later this week!
—Jourdan Rodrigue, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
As a result, literature is full of reminders that long odds can sometimes be surmounted—that David can defeat Goliath, that perseverance can pay off, and that action can lead to change.
—Vanessa Armstrong, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
Instead, Near and his co-authors argue, the tiny fish known as Percina tanasi that embodied a David and Goliath battle against the Tellico Dam is an eastern population of the stargazing darter—not a distinct or endangered species.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Goliath
Noun
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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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The warehouse giant's sales rose 7.5% in its most recent quarter versus the year-earlier period, while net income jumped 13% from a year earlier.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
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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The creature towers over one of Peter's fellow students which spurs him into action, distracting the monster long enough for Dr. Strange to wrangle it and haul it back through one of his signature portals.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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In hindsight, the monster struck Persin as almost a little Picasso.—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
29 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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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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“Goliath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Goliath. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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