behemoth

noun

bi-ˈhē-məth How to pronounce behemoth (audio)
Definition of behemothnext
as in giant
something that is unusually large and powerful the newest SUV is a gas-guzzling behemoth that doesn't even fit in a standard parking space

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Recent Examples of behemoth There have been several major personnel changes since All3 owner RedBird IMI and Banijay Group merged their entertainment assets to form the $8B behemoth Banijay Entertainment. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026 While invisible themselves, these cosmic behemoths reveal their presence by bending the light of nearby objects, and the Black Hole Hunters project is searching for one specific manifestation of this effect. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 18 Oct. 2026 Prior to Bending Spoons' recent jump into enterprise software, some of the leading acquirers in the space over the past decade were private equity behemoths Thoma Bravo and Vista Equity Partners. — Cj Haddad, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2026 Kroger has also felt pressure from fast-growing discount chains like Aldi and Lidl and online behemoths like Amazon. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for behemoth
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  1. giant
  2. whale
  3. monster
  4. dinosaur
  5. mammoth
Noun
  • Tech giants have told us all about how AI will take control away from society, steal our jobs, allow bad actors to design dangerous pathogens or cause a catastrophic cyberattack or destroy our financial systems.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Stronger-than-expected revenue from SpaceX's AI business is making PhillipCapital — once a bear on the company — bullish about the Elon Musk giant's stock.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of giant
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  • Jeff says, however, that there is only one immunity whale this week and two tribes will be headed to tribal council.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Organisms not resistant to this onslaught—anything from microbes and crops to whales and humans—would experience an almost violently severe sunburn.
    — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of whale
Noun
  • At last untethered from merely adapting a standard comfy passenger vehicle, the AMG engineers have created a monster.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Set on a mysterious island ravaged by floods and warring armies, a masked boy and girl must traverse atmospheric environments, rescue friends, and confront nightmarish monsters.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of monster
Noun
  • An ancient family The mass extinction that caused the dinosaurs’ demise may have created an environment for the king-size fungus to evolve and thrive, according to the study.
    — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The boy's parents released their own statement remembering their son as strong and kind with a love for rainbows and unicorns along with sharks and dinosaurs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of dinosaur
Noun
  • In ancient California, they are believed to have existed alongside other extinct native species, including bison-sized Jefferson’s ground sloths, Columbian mammoths and western camels.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • See fossils of the 14-foot, 20,000-pound mammoths that used to roam around Texas.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of mammoth

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