as in whale
something or someone that is unusually large and powerful
by any standard, the new shopping mall will be an elephant and one that is certain to alter the retail landscape
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Recent Examples of elephant
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.
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Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Here are the female leaders making a real difference in Kenya through their conservation efforts that protect elephants, cheetahs, lions, and more.
—Venetia Martin, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2024
Once, after a radio station turned down one of his songs, Paxton assembled a protest parade down Hollywood Boulevard with 15 cheerleaders and a live elephant pulling a Volkswagen convertible.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
For this 1990 adaptation of Peter Viertel’s autobiographical novel, Eastwood assumes the role of John Wilson, a larger-than-life movie director determined to bag an elephant while shooting a film in Africa.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Here are the female leaders making a real difference in Kenya through their conservation efforts that protect elephants, cheetahs, lions, and more.
—Venetia Martin, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2024
Once, after a radio station turned down one of his songs, Paxton assembled a protest parade down Hollywood Boulevard with 15 cheerleaders and a live elephant pulling a Volkswagen convertible.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
For this 1990 adaptation of Peter Viertel’s autobiographical novel, Eastwood assumes the role of John Wilson, a larger-than-life movie director determined to bag an elephant while shooting a film in Africa.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elephant
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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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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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According to the team, the study addresses a 30-million-year gap in our understanding of dinosaur evolution.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 27 Nov. 2024
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But as Thanksgiving approaches, millennials who grew up watching the big purple dinosaur are remembering a much more darkly funny moment in the character’s history.John Russell, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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Moana 2 is likewise looking like a monster and is expected to lead the biggest five-day holiday weekend of all time (Wednesday through Sunday).Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2024
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The first of those home runs was a walk-off grand slam against the Kansas City Royals that struck the Fisk Pole atop Fenway's famous green monster.Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
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These animals were surprising to the team, since Early Paleoindian sites on the Great Plains are typically dominated by the bones of large animals like bison and mammoths.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 27 Nov. 2024
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That came two years after Autechre’s mammoth, eight-hour collection of NTS sessions.Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Elephant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elephant. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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