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verb

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Recent Examples of bang-up
Adjective
Should anyone harbor doubts that a bang-up thriller could be made out of crypto currency, check out Cutter Hodierne’s nifty little moralizing gem. Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025 For specialty grocers, December is the bang-up month, when people go big on king crab legs and filet mignon for Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Allyson Reedy, The Denver Post, 19 Feb. 2025
Verb
Virginia was banged up and bruised and returned home. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025 Minnesota’s grip on the first wild card spot has been loosening because of St. Louis’ wicked run, the club is banged up without Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson-Ek, and the team’s performance has been up-and-down for a while. James Mirtle, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bang-up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bang-up
Adjective
  • He’s been excellent in dealing with traffic, as the Golden Knights put more bodies in front of him on Tuesday than pretty much the first four games.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Pumpkin Seeds Pumpkin seeds are an excellent source of iron.
    Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, RDN, Health, 30 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The crash wiped out millions in value overnight, adding to the long list of crypto’s cautionary tales.
    Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • That could mean raising water levels dozens of feet, wiping out much of the creek and riparian habitat upstream.
    John Meyer, Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Possible wildcard: Lea Salonga, Peters’ castmate in the Sondheim revue, turns in a terrific Everything’s Coming Up Roses.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Catcher Landon Hodge is terrific defensively and first baseman Josh Stonehouse has supplied surprising power.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Eleven people were killed and at least 20 more hurt in a , police said Sunday.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Self-righteousness shrouds our refusal to let hurt fade from recall.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • And Giuseppe Trevisani, wonderful guy, is my favorite excuse of all.
    Domenico Starnone, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Katy Perry reportedly sang ‘Its a wonderful world,’ Gayle King beamed in zero gravity, as Lauren Sánchez—pilot, philanthropist, and Jeff Bezos’s fiancée, led Blue Origin’s first all-female crew to the edge of space.
    Gemma Allen, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Sudden kicks, jumps, tackles, and awkward leg movements can damage groin muscles.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Mineral extraction has damaging social consequences in developing countries, where the impoverished are often compelled to work in unsafe and unhygienic conditions.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Cancer, a disease that doesn’t discriminate and spares no one from its reach, has long been one of humanity’s greatest adversaries.
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2025
  • This is a great UFC Fight Night that will not disappoint; make sure to tune in and catch all the action.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The missing juveniles returned home shortly thereafter, having not been kidnapped or harmed.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 23 Apr. 2025
  • While wind energy projects have faced fierce opposition in several counties — anti-wind advocates often rely on misinformation to argue that turbines harm wildlife and threaten human health — the industry is popular on the whole.
    Benji Jones, Vox, 22 Apr. 2025

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“Bang-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bang-up. Accessed 6 May. 2025.

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