as in beauty
something very good of its kind
a real snorter of an action movie that lives up to all the hype
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Noun
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That’s the beauty of capitalism.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
20 Mar. 2026 -
The best Korean lip tints are—and have been—at the top of their game, and as a beauty editor who almost exclusively wears them, this story practically writes itself.—
Sarah Han,
Allure,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Your first childhood dream job was… A doctor like my mom or an archeologist like Indiana Jones.—
Anna Moeslein,
Glamour,
16 Mar. 2026
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The fever dream continued with Howard wailing on guitar and vocals, the production morphing into a beautiful stew of blues rock and given an exclamation point – and a standing ovation – with Copeland spinning out of the shadows.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Quinn Hughes’ ripper allowed the Americans to advance.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
20 Feb. 2026
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From sounds of it, the group’s 12th studio album is a ripper.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
13 Feb. 2026
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The brainy story pits 007 against two of his most fearsome adversaries: Robert Shaw's stocky hitman Red Grant, whose Orient Express showdown is a slow-burn corker, and Bertolt Brecht veteran Lotte Lenya (of ''Mack the Knife'' fame) as unforgettable shoe-dagger-wielding Rosa Klebb.—
Chris Nashawaty,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Jan. 2026
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Penned by Aaron Sorkin, this corker of a suspense film stars Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon and more.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
21 Dec. 2025
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Julia Roberts is the divine ripsnorter of weeping.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2022
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Will relish manager Brendan Rodgers style of play, and could have another ripsnorter of a campaign.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
6 July 2019
Noun
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The resolute tango between the personal and the practical is a hallmark of a cookbook humdinger.—
Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
5 Mar. 2026
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But this $12-a-year deal is a humdinger from Black Friday that's still active.—
Matthew Korfhage,
Wired News,
16 Dec. 2025
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Her late husband, Kenneth Gibson, was her high school sweetheart and later worked as a potato broker in Idaho, connecting farmers with buyers.—
Nour Rahal,
Freep.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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The pic follows small town hairdresser Gail Daughtry (Zoey Deutch), who is engaged to her devoted high school sweetheart, Tom (Michael Cassidy).—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
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That new evidence was the breaking point for Disney, and one wonders if that’ll reverberate through the ailing Bachelor franchise, which was supposed to have a fresh new star in Paul from one of Disney’s more recently popular reality series.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2026
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Its elegant, rounded boxes for column and row numbers and lucid formula-building bar are wonders to behold.—
Edward Mendelson,
PC Magazine,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Snorter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snorter. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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