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
New York State Museum Remnants of mastodons have been discovered in New York before.
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
The short-faced bear went extinct around 11,000 years, at the end of the Pleistocene, along with most of the large mammals that lived alongside it, including all the large carnivores listed above, as well as giant ground sloths, mammoths, mastodons, giant beavers, camels, and giant armadillos.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
These are direct descendants of hunters who chased deer — and maybe mastodons and bison — across these hills.
—Andrew Sharp, Outdoor Life, 27 Nov. 2024
Read More: Pre-Clovis Projectiles Hint At Multiple Migrations Hunting Massive and Small Mammals
Ancient people who used Clovis technology typically hunted massive prey, like mammoths and mastodons.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
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Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
The short-faced bear went extinct around 11,000 years, at the end of the Pleistocene, along with most of the large mammals that lived alongside it, including all the large carnivores listed above, as well as giant ground sloths, mammoths, mastodons, giant beavers, camels, and giant armadillos.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
These are direct descendants of hunters who chased deer — and maybe mastodons and bison — across these hills.
—Andrew Sharp, Outdoor Life, 27 Nov. 2024
Read More: Pre-Clovis Projectiles Hint At Multiple Migrations Hunting Massive and Small Mammals
Ancient people who used Clovis technology typically hunted massive prey, like mammoths and mastodons.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mastodon
Noun
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Lines dotted with buoys were wrapped around the whale’s torso and tail, posing a threat to its survival.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
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Skin biopsy samples confirmed that changes had occurred in the whales’ diets.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
26 Feb. 2025
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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
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Cooper was inked with another dinosaur, which Wyatt pointed to in the picture.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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Their biggest rallies came during market rotations in July and November when investors briefly shifted their focus away from the tech giants and toward smaller companies.—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
1 Mar. 2025
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It is still often referred to as belonging to Siemens, the multinational giant that used it last.—
Kevin Spear,
Orlando Sentinel,
28 Feb. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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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This lineage once ruled the food chain in the time after dinosaurs went extinct, preying on primates, early hippos, early elephants and hyraxes, but were later wiped out themselves.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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Her Instagram is heavy on Tiera's four-legged friends, from dogs to elephants.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Mastodon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mastodon. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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