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elephant

[el-uh-fuhnt] / ˈɛl ə fənt /
NOUN
large mammal
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What does it mean for four-dimensional space-time to exist in the sense that the elephant exists?

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

On Monday, the climate-vulnerable Alliance of Small Island States said countries could not keep ignoring "the elephant in the room" and warned that anything short of winding down fossil fuels was "papering over the cracks".

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

That includes my first wilderness campsite near Ford Point, where a several-thousand-pound elephant seal roused me from slumber with its jarring bark.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

From these suspended perches, scientists inspect thousands of broken objects and hundreds of elephant tusks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

From the mountainsides echoed the harsh donkey bray of gentoo penguins, the screech of skuas, and the bellowing of elephant seals.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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