as in whale
something or someone that is unusually large and powerful
mom-and-pop stores just can't compete with these mastodons of retailing
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Recent Examples of mastodon
As per Phys, Joshua Samuels described a vivid picture of these giant squirrels having once glided over rhinos and mastodons that lived in these forests even five million years ago.
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Feb. 2025
All sorts of giant mammals existed across North America, like mastodons, sabre-toothed cats, giant sloths and more.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2025
Analyzed with modern techniques, these cores have painted a picture of a once lush Greenland, teeming with mastodons, dense forests, and diverse wildlife.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 16 Jan. 2025
Experts have already confirmed the jaw, along with toe and rib fragments, belonged to an adult mastodon, one of the many that thrived across portions of North America.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Dec. 2024
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Feb. 2025
All sorts of giant mammals existed across North America, like mastodons, sabre-toothed cats, giant sloths and more.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2025
Analyzed with modern techniques, these cores have painted a picture of a once lush Greenland, teeming with mastodons, dense forests, and diverse wildlife.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 16 Jan. 2025
Experts have already confirmed the jaw, along with toe and rib fragments, belonged to an adult mastodon, one of the many that thrived across portions of North America.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mastodon
Noun
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Two years ago after a request from Congressional opponents of wind energy, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) began investigating whether the offshore wind industry kills whales.—
Jeongyoon Han,
NPR,
17 Apr. 2025
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Five whales were spotted traveling with Check, making the rescue mission unsafe, officials said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacbee.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Among them are the woolly mammoth, that Colossal has already announced plans to revive, and even dinosaurs, which the startup has not yet commented on, despite speculation.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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In addition to dragons, Universal is bringing dinosaurs to the format.—
Carolyn Giardina,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2025
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As a result, system integration is where a lot of innovation is happening with startups and other companies besides tech giants.—
Gary Drenik,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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The move, if confirmed, could spell trouble for the aerospace giant, already battling production delays and financial difficulties following a turbulent 2024—a year that saw its second-largest annual net loss of $11.8 billion.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Natalie and a real-estate agent named Dawn (Danielle Brooks), in search of the missing Henry, make their way to the Overworld, too, and the four team up with Steve in a painfully generic adventure to fight off monsters, find another Crystal, save the Overworld (and Dennis), and get back home.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2025
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The space monsters are also entirely terrifying, gestating inside young suns to hideously emerge as massive space insects.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Researchers studied mammoth mitochondrial DNA from as far back as 1.3 million years, with the most recent based on genetic material from a relatively recent mammoth from about 125,000 years ago.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
9 Apr. 2025
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The baby mammoth had been preserved in permafrost until she was dug up in the cold Russian province of Yakutia last year.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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As the five elephants gathered, another three elephants were in a different area of the park.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Apr. 2025
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Five African elephants reside at the park, two of them 7-year-old calves.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Mastodon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mastodon. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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