as in giant
unusually large
the Titanic was a leviathan ship by the standards of the time
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as in whale
something that is unusually large and powerful
a leviathan of the seas, that cruise ship is said to be the largest passenger vessel afloat
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Recent Examples of leviathan
Parmy Olson,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2026
If data centers are resource-sucking, burning-hot leviathans, then Northern Virginia should be a hellscape.
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Big Think,
22 Apr. 2026
Other artists, including Bruce Springsteen, have tussled with the concert leviathan.
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Paula Mejía,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2026
And then there are the whales—Bitcoin’s own leviathans.
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Clara Molot,
Vanity Fair,
17 Mar. 2026
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Noun
The biggest drag on European innovation and tech is a lack of domestic funding, not regulation, and the new rules are more likely to hurt tech leviathans whose size and network effects contribute to their addictive quality.
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Parmy Olson,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2026
If data centers are resource-sucking, burning-hot leviathans, then Northern Virginia should be a hellscape.
—
Big Think,
22 Apr. 2026
Other artists, including Bruce Springsteen, have tussled with the concert leviathan.
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Paula Mejía,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2026
And then there are the whales—Bitcoin’s own leviathans.
—
Clara Molot,
Vanity Fair,
17 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for leviathan
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leviathan
Adjective
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What’s behind those giant flags in World Cup pregame ceremonies?
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And this couple rolled up in this giant fifth wheel with a big old pickup.
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Those include swimming dolphins, traveling in space, and taking a bath with a whale.
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Along with a full roster of shows and entertainment, the ship will sail with a whale specialist during summer months.
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But a loss, coming after such an absurd, farcical process, and removing the possibility of a gigantic matchup against Spain or Portugal in the quarterfinals in Los Angeles, would be unforgivable.
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The gigantic star cluster inside the nebula NGC 3603 (about 20,000 light-years away) shines in a second image.
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Go on, put the 131-cube (2,147 cc) monster engine into that one.
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There’s no way the doll monsters at the pond were the whole point of the Lake of Tears, right?
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Competitive eaters expand their stomach capacity to hold vast amounts of food.
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In a vast contrast to 1776, chronic diseases now account for most American deaths, because people generally live long enough to develop them.
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Beyond the rides, families can climb the Lookout Towers, meet baby dinosaurs, and explore interactive play areas.
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Schindler compared Pluto's reclassification to the dinosaur Brontosaurus, which was renamed Apatosaurus after further study before later regaining its original classification as scientists refined their understanding.
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The name Chelydra serpentina evokes colossal reptiles stomping through ancient forests.
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His public funeral will begin on Saturday, with his body lying in state at the colossal complex in central Tehran that hosts major Friday prayers, official ceremonies and religious gatherings.
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According to this theory, those now-extinct megafauna—the giant ground sloths and the giant beavers, the mastodons and mammoths, and even the lions and dire wolves—were relatively quickly hunted to extinction.
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For the next 49,000 years, the sticky pits captured virtually everything that fell or walked onto them, from grains of pollen borne by the wind to hapless ancient camels and Columbian mammoths.
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“Leviathan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leviathan. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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