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The play was a whopping success.
The car sped by at a whopping 110 miles per hour.
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But after that, the administration was terrified of losing Tang – Arkansas had been sniffing around – and in order to guarantee that the coach who had led a whopping 36 games in his lifetime wasn’t going anywhere, gave him a fresh new deal with a bunch more money.
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
Paul sold the card for a whopping $16,492,000 at auction, including buyer’s fees, setting a new record for the most expensive trading card ever sold.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
California, where the chain was founded, leads with the most locations at a whopping 206 stores across the state.
—Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 17 Feb. 2026
Instead, the film only did $38 domestically and a whopping $45 mil overseas.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
Paul sold the card for a whopping $16,492,000 at auction, including buyer’s fees, setting a new record for the most expensive trading card ever sold.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
California, where the chain was founded, leads with the most locations at a whopping 206 stores across the state.
—Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 17 Feb. 2026
Instead, the film only did $38 domestically and a whopping $45 mil overseas.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for whopping
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“Whopping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whopping. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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whopping
adjective
whop·ping
ˈhwäp-iŋ 
ˈwäp-
: extremely large
got a whopping increase in his allowance
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