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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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as in whale
something that is unusually large and powerful
a blockbuster of a fighter plane
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Recent Examples of blockbuster
The master of suspense made almost 70 films and TV shows across his staggering, more-than-half-a-century-long career, graduating from black-and-white, silent British potboilers to full-blown, Technicolor Hollywood blockbusters.
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Radhika Seth, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2025
Hollywood blockbusters stolen Hale worked at a multinational DVD and Blu-ray distribution company that handled films for major studios.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
Watch it here: Stream your favorite shows, the biggest blockbusters and more.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
While he's primarily known for his work in Hollywood blockbusters, Johnson attended TIFF to promote his role in his first prestige drama, The Smashing Machine, which has generated significant Oscar buzz for his leading role as real-life UFC fighter, Mark Kerr.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
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Radhika Seth, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2025
Hollywood blockbusters stolen Hale worked at a multinational DVD and Blu-ray distribution company that handled films for major studios.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
Watch it here: Stream your favorite shows, the biggest blockbusters and more.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
While he's primarily known for his work in Hollywood blockbusters, Johnson attended TIFF to promote his role in his first prestige drama, The Smashing Machine, which has generated significant Oscar buzz for his leading role as real-life UFC fighter, Mark Kerr.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blockbuster
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However, the counter to Cowherd's argument that Purdy's success has been circumstantial is that perhaps the dip in Purdy's production last year was circumstantial.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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With only 31 goals in 29 games, Austin has struggled to score, especially without injured forward Brandon Vazquez, and Minnesota’s success is built on a suffocating defense.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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An idea for a film about a giant whale or kujira is a possibility.—
Michael Taube,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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More daring vacationers can rent kayaks or hop on a whale-watching excursion, Sunset said.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacbee.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In the hit series Severance, Tillman plays a manager at Lumon Industries, where employees have implants that enable them to become one person at work and transform into a totally different person outside of work.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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Bobby Hart, a songwriter who co-wrote some of the greatest hits of the Monkees, and a performer in his own right who made the top 10 as a member of the duo Boyce and Hart, died Wednesday at age 86.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
14 Sep. 2025
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The Silicon Valley giant touts it as their slimmest phone offering ever.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Aerospace giant Boeing has unveiled a new approach to solar array substrates that could dramatically speed up satellite production.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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This quiz invites you to explore the darker corners of sci-fi literature, where monsters lurk not just in shadows, but in laboratories, alien worlds and post-apocalyptic wastelands.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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As a smooth fixer for a tertiary monster who has maybe three lines, Morgan Spector is both chilling and thoroughly pointless.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Internet users can't get enough of Rue's dinosaur-like appearance, leading to more than 1,700 comments on the viral TikTok post already.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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And 250 million years ago, extraordinary heat nearly killed off complex life in the high-CO2, end-Permian mass extinction known as the Great Dying, just before the rise of the dinosaurs.—
Peter Brannen,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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These were places rich with prey like bison, camels, horses and even young mammoths.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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This finding raises the possibility that mammoths, as close relatives of modern elephants, might have been susceptible to similar infections.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Blockbuster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blockbuster. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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