1
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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2
as in whale
something that is unusually large and powerful
a blockbuster of a fighter plane
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Recent Examples of blockbuster
Their meteoric success, to be sure, set Hollywood on a new course: Why not aggressively create the summer blockbuster rather than wait for the unexpected?
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Peter Bart, Deadline, 10 July 2025
Beyond that blockbuster, Preller has dipped into the farm system so often — for Dylan Cease, Luis Arraez, Jason Adam and Tanner Scott, last year alone — that only 11 of the system’s top-30 prospects as rated by MLB.com have progressed to Double-A San Antonio or higher.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
Quaint Wimbledon traditions like tennis whites, strawberries and cream, and the overnight queue for affordable same-day tickets overshadow one fact: The tennis tournament is a money-making blockbuster.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 10 July 2025
In the year 2025, when an ex-Packers great in Aaron Rodgers is trying to save Pittsburgh, this kind of a blockbuster swap would only be fitting.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
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Peter Bart, Deadline, 10 July 2025
Beyond that blockbuster, Preller has dipped into the farm system so often — for Dylan Cease, Luis Arraez, Jason Adam and Tanner Scott, last year alone — that only 11 of the system’s top-30 prospects as rated by MLB.com have progressed to Double-A San Antonio or higher.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
Quaint Wimbledon traditions like tennis whites, strawberries and cream, and the overnight queue for affordable same-day tickets overshadow one fact: The tennis tournament is a money-making blockbuster.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 10 July 2025
In the year 2025, when an ex-Packers great in Aaron Rodgers is trying to save Pittsburgh, this kind of a blockbuster swap would only be fitting.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blockbuster
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The Frozen Zoo has notched some reproductive breakthroughs over the years, including in 2023 when researchers were able to successfully freeze sunflower sea star sperm, thaw it and fertilize eggs that resulted in larvae developing with a high rate of success.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 July 2025
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Arguably the most important quantitative element would be how many surgeries the doctor performed and the success rate.—
R.J. Shook,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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In Uvita, check out the Cola de Ballena, a giant rock and sand formation in the shape of a whale’s tail, jutting into the ocean.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
8 July 2025
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The whales often appear unbothered, turning gently toward swimmers or drifting by in slow, graceful passes.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
5 July 2025
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Noah Schultz, a left-hander in the Chicago White Sox’s organization, gave up four hits and four runs, including the line-drive home run by De Paula that traveled 416 feet to right-center.—
Charles Odum,
Chicago Tribune,
13 July 2025
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Coasting on its star's popularity, director Danny Boyle's film became a hit at the box office, and only the box office.—
Derek Lawrence,
EW.com,
13 July 2025
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The revelation helps explain why the giant snakes — which can grow to 18 feet in Florida — are not afraid to swallow creatures that are nearly equal in size, experts say.—
Mark Price
July 11,
Miami Herald,
11 July 2025
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The ride-hailing giant that promised to reduce traffic actually increased congestion by 50% in San Francisco from 2010 and 2016.—
Tima Bansal,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Call of Cthulhu flipped a lot of gaming conventions on their head with characters that degraded over time and scenarios that rewarded fleeing monsters instead of slaying them.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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Complaining on NextDoor about traffic, some locals fled downtown Austin like a movie monster was stomping behind them.—
Ramon Ramirez,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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The dinosaurs revert to instinct and viciously attack humans, thereby creating chilling suspense for audiences.—
Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Now on to the good stuff: Thrill to big-screen dinosaurs again in 'Jurassic World Rebirth' Scarlett Johansson threw down with Thanos.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
5 July 2025
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And likewise, some Asian animals, such as the ancestors of the mammoth, came walking through and lived in the Americas for thousands of years.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 June 2025
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The logo represents the city, as mammoths used to live in Utah during the last ice age.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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“Blockbuster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blockbuster. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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