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Noun
Omaha Steaks Festive Gift with Free Burgers Omaha Steaks Festive Gift with Free Burgers Get 52% off this limited-time Omaha Steaks gift bundle with free burgers, jumbo franks, chicken, apple tartlets and more. Kasey Caminiti, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024 Credit score: 620 for conventional, 580 for FHA, 540 for VA and USDA, 660 for jumbo, 660 for home equity loans. Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2024 Types of loans Conventional, FHA, VA, USDA, Arrive Home, Zero Down, jumbo, renovation, refinancing, reverse mortgages, home equity loans Terms 10 to 30 years Credit needed 540 for FHA, VA and USDA loans; 600 for Zero Down; 620 for conventional loans, 680 for jumbo loans. Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2024 That’s a continuation, albeit a slowdown, of its jumbo, 50-basis-point reduction to the benchmark rate; its first cut in more than four years at the FOMC’s September meeting. Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for jumbo
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jumbo
Adjective
  • McCarthy then walked into the frame holding a giant gold and pink balloon bouquet as the two burst into laughter.
    Janelle Ash, Fox News, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The chicken houses had giant fans that created one-way air flow through the barns.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Like penguins, dolphins, and whales, people feel a strong connection to them.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2025
  • The duo has ventured into a kelp forest, an underwater area dense with brown algae that supports vast swaths of marine life like sea otters and whales.
    Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • This is the Hoosiers’ second gigantic Quad 1 win in the past two weeks, including a win at Michigan State.
    Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
  • In 2010 astronomers detected a gigantic gas cloud 31,000 light-years from Earth, on the other side of our galaxy.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Its feathers and wishbone align it with birds, while its teeth, claws and bony tail tie it to theropod dinosaurs.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Cooper was inked with another dinosaur, which Wyatt pointed to in the picture.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The 27-track album became a huge catalyst for the recent spotlight on Black country artists and the genre's roots.
    Caché McClay, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Wave Energy Could Meet The Demands Of The AI Boom, And Much More With such vast potential, wave energy could play a huge role in powering the AI boom.
    Elena Bou, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Distorted and exaggerated by Weegee’s hand—with grins set in a chilling rictus, or eyes and noses spread wide and pancaked—these idols became monsters.
    Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Monster Train 2 looks to be building on the foundations of its predecessor, so players will once again board a train and defend it against incoming monster hordes on several vertical levels at the same time.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Trump demanded $500 billion in Ukraine's minerals as repayment for U.S. assistance, but Zelenskyy retorted that American aid hasn't come close to that enormous figure.
    Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The Nothing Phone 3a Pro has three of those glowing Glyphs on the back, framing the enormous camera module.
    Ryan Whitwam, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Previous excavations have found evidence that a mammoth was killed or scavenged at the site, according to a statement from the University of Wyoming.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Woolly mammoths were larger than modern-day African elephants, according to Czech Radio, but lived during the Ice Ages so were covered in thick fur.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2025

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