dinosaurs

noun

plural of dinosaur
1
as in relics
one that has passed the peak of effectiveness or popularity as an old-time big-city boss, he's become something of a dinosaur in today's political world

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2
as in whales
something or someone that is unusually large and powerful not that his small lawn needed such a dinosaur, but he bought a riding mower anyway

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Recent Examples of dinosaurs For years, the museum was a place for education and numerous exhibits open to the public, including over 30 dinosaurs and Mesozoic reptiles in the museum's Dinosaur Hall. — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 Connect The Dots Of A Nontraditional Career Path Cover letters can be dinosaurs or game changers. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 And Vernal itself was fun, with big fibreglass dinosaurs in front of half of its cafés, petrol stations and hotels, including our own, the Dinosaur Inn & Suites. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 30 Aug. 2026 According to Jurassic Park scientists, the insect is believed to have fed on the blood of dinosaurs millions of years ago and became fossilized after getting stuck in the sap of a tree, dino blood included. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Aug. 2026 The real end of Oak Street comes not from the feet and chompers of the dinosaurs but from a moviemaker who revives the idyllic 1980s only to desecrate them with wokeness. — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026 Starting with the second film, The Lost World, a theme emerged in which dinosaurs were recast as victims who needed protecting from evil humans. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026 Very cool concept of dinosaurs in a neighborhood, who chase a family. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2026 Of course, the rampaging dinosaurs are a bit more of an immediate issue. — Megan McCluskey, Time, 14 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dinosaurs
  1. relics
  2. whales
  3. giants
  4. monsters
  5. mammoths
  6. elephants
Noun
  • Ospreay walked through relics from the past and present backstage, including Michael Oku, Swerve Strickland, Ricochet, Kyle Fletcher, his wife Alex Windsor and finally Jon Moxley, who gave Ospreay the flag of London.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Simonian is believed to have smuggled Egyptian relics to institutions that include the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Louvre Abu Dhabi for a collective sum of $64 million.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of relics
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  • In July, Shedd said it had been asked to help rehome up to 10 beluga whales because of its experience caring for belugas and its specialized habitats.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The knowledge center aims to help people understand our relationship with whales and their natural habitat.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of whales
Noun
  • As legislation is introduced at a record pace, shifting political views are driving more proposals that seek to restrict the tech giants.
    — Chris Hacker, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Nightly swarms of drones closed Russian airports, struck oil refineries or set ablaze the warehouses of retail giants Wildberries and Ozon.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of giants
Noun
  • There will be no B-movie monsters wearing terrible prosthetics, no scripts full of non sequiturs, no glitchy graphics.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The monsters of the original — the Cyclops and the sirens — are replaced by drones that buzz across the stage and models of robotic war machines.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of monsters
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  • The site preserves the remains of Columbian mammoths and offers a look at Ice Age life in Texas.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Woolly mammoths coexisted with early humans who hunted the cold-resistant herbivores for food and used their tusks and bones as tools.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of mammoths
Noun
  • King drops elephants through the air, erects wobbly Towers of Babel, lets characters run amok with depictions of her own pencils, and then summons a hand with a knife to clear a clean space on the page.
    — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Other inspirations for the project include the Giant Pink Sea Snail from Doctor Dolittle, giant mechanical elephant puppets by Royal de Luxe and Jules Verne’s imaginative creations.
    — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
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“Dinosaurs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dinosaurs. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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