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Recent Examples of mastodon Scientists now hope to find more fossils in the area, which could shed light on how and when the mastodons arrived. Reuters, 29 Sep. 2024 Office of the State Archaeologist, Iowa Last year, a tourist on a Northern California beach saw a gigantic one-foot tooth that once belonged to an ancient mastodon. Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2024 Related article Fossil of an ancient shark that swam in the age of dinosaurs solves centuries-long mystery The Columbian mammoth’s tusks are so curved that two could almost make a complete circle, whereas common mastodons’ tusks do not curve nearly as much, Phillips said. Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 17 Aug. 2024 Although woolly mammoths and mastodons often draw most cultural attention, the two species were far from the only elephant ancestors to roam North America. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mastodon 
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Noun
  • Alerts do go out to boaters when whales are spotted, but the current spotting effort still misses whales.
    Emily Jones, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
  • As many as 20,000 whales can be spotted swimming offshore beginning in February.
    Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • But that dinosaur surely had a way with words, and his legacy now is mine.
    Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Related article Fossilized poop reveals secrets of how dinosaurs came to dominate Earth Gorgonopsians do share some traits with their mammal cousins.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The subject of a pending move to Premier League giants Chelsea, this Brazilian winger was nicknamed Messinho from an early age because coaches said that his playing style mimicked that of the legendary Argentinian forward.
    Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Nevertheless, the price cuts demonstrate how the race among China’s technology giants to win more business for their nascent artificial intelligence products is intensifying.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The Giannis Antetokounmpo show was in full effect, as the Greek Freak put up a monster performance with 32 points and 14 rebounds.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
  • For a memorable sight, visit the snow monsters of Zao in northern Honshu.
    Anna Mazurek, AFAR Media, 16 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Archaeological evidence also shows that the Clovis people lived life on the move, as did the mammoths, which tended to migrate seasonally, according to the paper.
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 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
Noun
  • Laurent De Brunhoff kept his father's creation, Babar, alive, continuing the tales of a gentle elephant exploring Paris.
    Lee Cowan, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2024
  • This was an elephant who prefers cutoff hoodies, and just so happens to be very familiar with New England.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 27 Dec. 2024

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“Mastodon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mastodon. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.

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