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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
Nolan cast the British actor in several of his blockbusters, including his Dark Knight trilogy and Inception.
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James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
23 June 2026
Legendary Entertainment, the company that has produced blockbusters including the Godzilla and Dune films and A Minecraft Movie, has acquired the rights to the children's franchise from Universal.
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Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
23 June 2026
The blockbuster trade that sent Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk to the Florida Panthers had dads everywhere dropping their jaws and grill tongs.
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Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
That influence has spread well beyond the confines of Japanese animation as so many Western blockbusters seek to capture the style of what in turn had captivated their makers.
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Kambole Campbell,
Variety,
23 June 2026
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James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
23 June 2026
Legendary Entertainment, the company that has produced blockbusters including the Godzilla and Dune films and A Minecraft Movie, has acquired the rights to the children's franchise from Universal.
—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
23 June 2026
The blockbuster trade that sent Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk to the Florida Panthers had dads everywhere dropping their jaws and grill tongs.
—
Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
That influence has spread well beyond the confines of Japanese animation as so many Western blockbusters seek to capture the style of what in turn had captivated their makers.
—
Kambole Campbell,
Variety,
23 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blockbuster
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In the meantime, mission teams on the ground are keeping Swift at least 185 miles above Earth, where the boost mission has the best chance of success, NASA said.
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At the end of the line, Isabella Castro, 22, was enjoying success.
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Like all large whales, the NOAA said fin whales were hunted by commercial whalers and their populations were decimated.
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Its charming downtown is full of art galleries, museums, restaurants, and tourism operators offering whale watching and sea kayaking.
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Sox starter Davis Martin was also very effective, scattering four hits in 5 1/3 scoreless innings.
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The right-hander went 4 1/3, giving up three hits, walking two and striking out six.
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Through a series of measures starting in 2022, Washington has cut off China’s access to the cutting-edge GPUs, throttling Chinese companies’ efforts in competing for the top AI models with US tech giants.
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Some plan to do so especially using solar and nuclear, including tech giants Amazon and Google.
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Or will the monsters get in their way?
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Making matters worse, Christophe has a spinal condition that requires him to wear a massive metal back brace 24/7, turning him into a pre-teen metal monster.
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The sculptor has designed giant dinosaurs and monuments to his country’s independence heroes in Cutral Co, an oil-producing town that has never attracted nearly as much attention as other Patagonian communities surrounded by picturesque lakes and mountains.
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As anyone knows on the digital side of things, waiting half a year to make orders that respond to live customer action data makes for lags as long as dinosaur legs.
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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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When Colossal Biosciences raises capital at a $10 billion valuation, investors are not betting on the mammoth.
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“Blockbuster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blockbuster. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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