as in whale
something or someone that is unusually large and powerful
by any standard, the new shopping mall will be an elephant and one that is certain to alter the retail landscape
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Recent Examples of elephant
There were also yaks, deer, buffalo, camels, a kangaroo, ostriches, eight monkeys, six raccoons, two grizzly bears, black bears, brown bears, seals, lions, an old tiger, a blind hyena, a circus elephant, an alligator and 400 birds, including a talking crow.
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Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Like the parable of blind men describing an elephant by touch alone, cryptocurrency debates are confused because participants focus on distinct but overlapping elements.
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Many members of the animal kingdom, from birds to elephants, have been known to make and use tools.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2025
Mundelein is also home to the current development elephant in the county: The 700-acre Wirtz property on the village’s western edge, dubbed Ivanhoe Village.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
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Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Like the parable of blind men describing an elephant by touch alone, cryptocurrency debates are confused because participants focus on distinct but overlapping elements.
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Many members of the animal kingdom, from birds to elephants, have been known to make and use tools.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2025
Mundelein is also home to the current development elephant in the county: The 700-acre Wirtz property on the village’s western edge, dubbed Ivanhoe Village.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elephant
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In Uvita, check out the Cola de Ballena, a giant rock and sand formation in the shape of a whale’s tail, jutting into the ocean.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
8 July 2025
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The whales often appear unbothered, turning gently toward swimmers or drifting by in slow, graceful passes.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
5 July 2025
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The ride-hailing giant that promised to reduce traffic actually increased congestion by 50% in San Francisco from 2010 and 2016.—
Tima Bansal,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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The revelation helps explain why the giant snakes — which can grow to 18 feet in Florida — are not afraid to swallow creatures that are nearly equal in size, experts say.—
Mark Price
July 11,
Miami Herald,
11 July 2025
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The dinosaurs revert to instinct and viciously attack humans, thereby creating chilling suspense for audiences.—
Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Now on to the good stuff: Thrill to big-screen dinosaurs again in 'Jurassic World Rebirth' Scarlett Johansson threw down with Thanos.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
5 July 2025
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Call of Cthulhu flipped a lot of gaming conventions on their head with characters that degraded over time and scenarios that rewarded fleeing monsters instead of slaying them.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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Murphy also ordered the feds to provide the monsters with interpreters and counsel.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
2 July 2025
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And likewise, some Asian animals, such as the ancestors of the mammoth, came walking through and lived in the Americas for thousands of years.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 June 2025
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The logo represents the city, as mammoths used to live in Utah during the last ice age.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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“Elephant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elephant. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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