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as in relic
one that has passed the peak of effectiveness or popularity
as an old-time big-city boss, he's become something of a dinosaur in today's political world
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as in whale
something or someone that is unusually large and powerful
not that his small lawn needed such a dinosaur, but he bought a riding mower anyway
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Recent Examples of dinosaur
That means dinosaurs may have witnessed the soft evening glow emitted by the bioluminescent insects.
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Jackie Wattles, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
In the nearby Chinese province of Guangdong, four types of dinosaur fossils and more than 30,000 dinosaur egg fossils have been discovered.
—Peter Guo, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
As a child, Mars returned home from the Chicago World’s Fair and, having just seen a display of dinosaur fossils, contested the doctrine that Earth is four thousand years old.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Eventually, all three girls sit down on the front of the Jeep and pretend to search for dinosaurs.
—Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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Jackie Wattles, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
In the nearby Chinese province of Guangdong, four types of dinosaur fossils and more than 30,000 dinosaur egg fossils have been discovered.
—Peter Guo, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
As a child, Mars returned home from the Chicago World’s Fair and, having just seen a display of dinosaur fossils, contested the doctrine that Earth is four thousand years old.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Eventually, all three girls sit down on the front of the Jeep and pretend to search for dinosaurs.
—Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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High-altitude rivalry The blurry boundaries through the Himalayan peaks and plateaus separating China and its southern neighbors are often relics of imperial era agreements and nomadic routes – now charged with the nationalist rhetoric and military might of New Delhi and Beijing.Simone McCarthy, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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The chapel was meant to house relics of the martyrs and apostles, Rossi said.Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
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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
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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
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Roy isn’t as indelible a character as Crash Davis — likewise, Tin Cup isn’t as memorable as Bull Durham — but playing a stubborn has-been who used to be a promising golfer allowed Costner to flex his ordinary-man muscles.Will Leitch, Vulture, 1 July 2024
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Paul Tassi Time for the week’s first mini which involved a somewhat has-been comedian, cats and no real overarching theme this time around.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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In Indiana one November, bowhunter Brent Ireland got a single cam picture of a double-drop giant.Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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Discovery, pay-TV operator Fubo has reasserted its main argument against the media giants.Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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Frankly, this is a hard argument to dispute, but the guy is ultimately the movie’s monster, so his ideology has to be sufficiently challenged by the time the credits roll.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Hung was also instrumental in creating the jiangshi genre of horror kung fu in the 1980s, inspired by his childhood love of ghosts and monsters.Gavin J Blair, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Nov. 2024
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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
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Ahead of Election Day Cyclorama: The Shape of Things contains a wide spread of imagery: footage on both pro- and anti-segregation riots, recordings from antiquated circus acts featuring a dancing elephant, silhouettes of what appear to be Southern belles in hoop skirts that laugh over tea.Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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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
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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
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“Dinosaur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dinosaur. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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