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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The Campbells have been known to just sit on a terrace with a local beer keeping a look-out for those whales while giant icebergs float past.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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In recent years, large numbers of whales have washed ashore up and down the East Coast, including in New Jersey and Massachusetts.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
16 Jan. 2025
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One of the favorites is the playable lineages based on dinosaur families.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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For example, Joslin said an upcoming dinosaur program will be presented by MC Rose, a naturalist with a geology degree.—
Debra Skodack,
Kansas City Star,
17 Jan. 2025
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The warehouse giant's sales rose 7.5% in its most recent quarter versus the year-earlier period, while net income jumped 13% from a year earlier.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Jan. 2025
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In another scenario, a mid-sized software client competing against giants like Amazon transformed its customer engagement strategy by solving a critical data integration challenge.—
Rajiv Shesh,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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The creature towers over one of Peter's fellow students which spurs him into action, distracting the monster long enough for Dr. Strange to wrangle it and haul it back through one of his signature portals.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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For now, questions that seem to have no answers persist: How Hitler’s cult of personality could create such monsters and how so much of a nation could have committed such crimes.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
29 Jan. 2025
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Per the reports, the mammoth is now being studied at Lazarev Mammoth Museum Laboratory, which specializes in studying mammoths and their Ice Age environment and is located at the North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU) in Yakutsk.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
24 Dec. 2024
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The mammoth is said to measure in at 4 feet tall and less than 6.6 feet long.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
24 Dec. 2024
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But the 54-room boutique hotel will also include nods to the brand’s beachy Nantucket and Palm Beach locations, like elephant door knockers at the entrance to each room and suite.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025
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This development is raising concerns for the region's unique ecosystem, particularly its colonies of King penguins and millions of elephant and fur seals.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Mastodon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mastodon. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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