as in whale
something or someone that is unusually large and powerful
poor gas mileage did little to stem the popularity of that dreadnought of the roadways: the SUV
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Recent Examples of dreadnought
Yamaha The guitar rocks a dreadnought shape with a lower cut for higher fret access, and features a Sitka spruce top with mahogany back and sides.
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Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 11 Oct. 2024
Michelle Yeoh to Reprise Role from 'Star Trek: Discovery' in New 'Star Trek' Movie: 'Dream Come True'
On Discovery, Commander Rayner (Callum Keith Rennie) cooked up a creative solution for getting rid of the giant Breen dreadnought ship that loomed nearby.
—Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
So the potential third installment will involve Kora and company tracking her down, while also seeking allies from surrounding planets now that there’s a blueprint for taking down Imperium dreadnoughts.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2024
But the Pac-12’s once-mighty dreadnought, horribly captained, the geniuses who denied access to Texas and Oklahoma, went down in its own sea of incompetence and arrogance.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023
Can Doukeris change this dreadnought’s direction?
—Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2021
Available in dreadnought and concert styles.
—Lauren Corona, chicagotribune.com, 25 Sep. 2020
What forces have brought this dreadnought to our shores?
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2022
The Tiffany diamond, a 128.54-carat dreadnought that Lady Gaga wore to the Academy Awards last year, was somewhere else.
—James Barron, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2020
Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 11 Oct. 2024
Michelle Yeoh to Reprise Role from 'Star Trek: Discovery' in New 'Star Trek' Movie: 'Dream Come True'
On Discovery, Commander Rayner (Callum Keith Rennie) cooked up a creative solution for getting rid of the giant Breen dreadnought ship that loomed nearby.
—Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
So the potential third installment will involve Kora and company tracking her down, while also seeking allies from surrounding planets now that there’s a blueprint for taking down Imperium dreadnoughts.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2024
But the Pac-12’s once-mighty dreadnought, horribly captained, the geniuses who denied access to Texas and Oklahoma, went down in its own sea of incompetence and arrogance.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023
Can Doukeris change this dreadnought’s direction?
—Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2021
Available in dreadnought and concert styles.
—Lauren Corona, chicagotribune.com, 25 Sep. 2020
What forces have brought this dreadnought to our shores?
—Dan Neil, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2022
The Tiffany diamond, a 128.54-carat dreadnought that Lady Gaga wore to the Academy Awards last year, was somewhere else.
—James Barron, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dreadnought
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Getting to the cream Several animals that live in groups learn from one another, including elephants, whales, and some primates.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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Sightings might include sea-life such as whales and dolphins, with an uptick in whale sighting now that whale migration season has begun in early November.Margaux Lushing, Forbes, 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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The coffee giant hopes to reclaim its coffeehouse crown by focusing on speed, service, and operational efficiency.Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
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Then there was Prime Video, the streaming arm of the tech giant Amazon, which produced a ten-hour pop-up election-cast extravaganza pitched as a more streamlined alternative to its rivals and anchored by NBC émigré Brian Williams.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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The college essay is going the way of the dinosaurs as more teachers give up on the ability to tell whether their students are writing their papers themselves.Nir Eisikovits, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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The devastation that wiped out the dinosaurs created ideal conditions for various fungi to thrive, and ants actually began to cultivate fungi.Popular Science Staff, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
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In this room full of industry titans, Stouffer was leading a pep rally for pollution.Kristin Hostetter, Outside Online, 13 Nov. 2024
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Harris can now boast the support of music titans such as Rihanna, Beyoncé, Eminem, Cardi B, and more.Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 5 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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