leviathan
something very large and powerful, especially a large organization or state
Word origin: From Hebrew liwyathan, a sea monster.
Leviathan in a sentence
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The corporation had grown into a leviathan that dominated the entire industry.
The merger created a media leviathan whose holdings spanned publishing, film, and streaming on three continents.
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Verbal · Text Completion
Critics initially dismissed the composer's late works as merely blank, but later scholars recognized in them a deliberate restraint that concealed considerable technical sophistication.
Using “leviathan” well
Leviathan, originally a biblical sea monster, is used for any vast and formidable entity, especially a sprawling state or organization. It carries connotations of overwhelming scale and power.
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