as in suspenser
something (as a close contest) that induces much suspense as to its outcome
those television awards are hardly thrillers since the same people win year after year
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Recent Examples of thriller
The thriller debuted last week at the Venice Film Festival, where the audience praised the project with an 11-minute ovation.
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Angelique Jackson, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
Filming is underway in Colombia on bilingual political thriller White, a feature about Indian guru Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s role in Colombia’s peace process.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
Wind River is a 2017 crime thriller written and directed by Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan and starring Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
Orchard Park, New York AP — Josh Allen led Buffalo to three scores in the final four minutes, the last a 32-yard field goal by Matt Prater as time expired, and the Bills rallied from 15 points down to stun the Baltimore Ravens 41-40 in a season-opening Sunday night thriller.
—Associated Press, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
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Angelique Jackson, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
Filming is underway in Colombia on bilingual political thriller White, a feature about Indian guru Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s role in Colombia’s peace process.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
Wind River is a 2017 crime thriller written and directed by Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan and starring Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
Orchard Park, New York AP — Josh Allen led Buffalo to three scores in the final four minutes, the last a 32-yard field goal by Matt Prater as time expired, and the Bills rallied from 15 points down to stun the Baltimore Ravens 41-40 in a season-opening Sunday night thriller.
—Associated Press, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thriller
suspenser
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Directed by Nelicia Low, the suspenser follows a young fencer struggling with keeping his secret crush on a fellow fencer from his homophobic mother.—
Vivienne Chow,
Variety,
17 May 2022
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On the other hand, the story introduces fictional characters and elements that give it the air of a suspenser, exactly the sort for which Harris is so popular.—
Frank Scheck,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Jan. 2022
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“Thriller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thriller. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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