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as in success
a person or thing that is successful
the movie is expected to be the biggest blockbuster of the summer
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as in whale
something that is unusually large and powerful
a blockbuster of a fighter plane
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Recent Examples of blockbuster
The question now is how this blockbuster deal affects each team’s pursuit of the Stanley Cup.
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Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
But the Cubs have had success consummating trades all winter, including the blockbuster deal that brought in outfielder Kyle Tucker from Houston.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Documentaries on Netflix Netflix specializes in big-name, blockbuster documentaries on household names that rack up award nominations.
—PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2025
Erivo carried the fall’s biggest blockbuster with her multi-hypenate talents: acting, singing, and holding space.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
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Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
But the Cubs have had success consummating trades all winter, including the blockbuster deal that brought in outfielder Kyle Tucker from Houston.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Documentaries on Netflix Netflix specializes in big-name, blockbuster documentaries on household names that rack up award nominations.
—PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2025
Erivo carried the fall’s biggest blockbuster with her multi-hypenate talents: acting, singing, and holding space.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blockbuster
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Focus Features Gory and gruesome, The Substance was never a shoo-in for mainstream success.—
Megan McCluskey,
TIME,
23 Jan. 2025
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Finding the right head coach to lead an organization to long-term success is a challenging endeavor.—
Mark LaSota,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Campbells have been known to just sit on a terrace with a local beer keeping a look-out for those whales while giant icebergs float past.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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In recent years, large numbers of whales have washed ashore up and down the East Coast, including in New Jersey and Massachusetts.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
16 Jan. 2025
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And while Williams has historically been one of the most efficient 3-point shooters on the Bulls, his accuracy from behind the arc has taken a hit this season.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2025
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But once it was announced later that week that Prescott would miss the rest of the season, the hope around the team took a big hit.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Jan. 2025
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Two days after settling his latest claim against Rupert Murdoch's tabloid The Sun, the Duke of Sussex's legal team has been told that costs in his case against another media giant can only reach $5.1 million.—
Simon Perry,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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In another scenario, a mid-sized software client competing against giants like Amazon transformed its customer engagement strategy by solving a critical data integration challenge.—
Rajiv Shesh,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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The creature towers over one of Peter's fellow students which spurs him into action, distracting the monster long enough for Dr. Strange to wrangle it and haul it back through one of his signature portals.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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In hindsight, the monster struck Persin as almost a little Picasso.—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
29 Jan. 2025
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There are dinosaurs, superheroes and whimsical designs.—
Jené Luciani Sena,
Fox News,
31 Jan. 2025
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This can be seen first-hand with sites like the 66-million-year-old Chicxulub crater in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (thought to be the reason for mass dinosaur extinction) and the 50,000-year-old Meteor Crater in northern Arizona.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
31 Jan. 2025
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This team wants to resurrect the mammoth, the flightless dodo and Tasmanian tiger, an Australian marsupial that went extinct in 1936.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
16 Jan. 2025
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Rife is set to embark on his mammoth The Stay Golden Tour next year which includes a large slate of North American shows that kick off on March 8 in Dallas and conclude in Boston on Dec. 31, 2025, with 30 stops scheduled between those dates.—
Jay Stahl,
USA TODAY,
3 Dec. 2024
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“Blockbuster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blockbuster. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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