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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
First the stars marveled at how much time had passed since the blockbuster broke box office records and redefined female comedy by proving to Hollywood doubters that women, just like men, could be both funny and raunchy.
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026
The night's biggest matchup included the two-movie Best Picture race between Ryan Coogler's Sinners and Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another, with the latter taking the night's top prize after a neck-and-neck race against the blockbuster horror hit.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Mar. 2026
Then, the blockbusters, and all those superheroes.
—CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
The Raiders-Ravens deal for Maxx Crosby was the rare blockbuster that somehow became a boomerang after Baltimore backed out with medical concerns.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026
The night's biggest matchup included the two-movie Best Picture race between Ryan Coogler's Sinners and Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another, with the latter taking the night's top prize after a neck-and-neck race against the blockbuster horror hit.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Mar. 2026
Then, the blockbusters, and all those superheroes.
—CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
The Raiders-Ravens deal for Maxx Crosby was the rare blockbuster that somehow became a boomerang after Baltimore backed out with medical concerns.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blockbuster
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More unnerving, though, were similar comments from cooks and fans who haven’t achieved the same levels of fame and success.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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But with senior Jaxon Sneed, the emergence of freshman Joseph Creal III and a flurry of players stepping up, the Jags maintained their success.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Mar. 2026
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The pair spent their childhood summers camping here, collecting whale bones and learning from their father about regional folklore, including tales from the nearby whaling station at Bahía del Águila, which processed 4,000 cetaceans between 1906 and 1920.—
Mark Johanson,
Outside,
14 Mar. 2026
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Around the world whale and dolphin captivity is being phased out and animals are stuck to suffer in limbo.—
Valerie Greene,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2026
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One of just two opponents to score more than four runs off him last year, the Braves charged him with a season-high seven earned runs on 10 hits in 4 1/3 innings at Fenway Park on May 18.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
15 Mar. 2026
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Aaron Judge doubled and Pete Crow-Armstrong and Brice Turang each had two hits as the United States beat Canada 5-3 on Friday night to reach the World Baseball Classic semifinals.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2026
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Social media giants urged to tighten child safety after UK rejects blanket ban for teens.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2026
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For example, most of Netflix’s revenue still comes from subscribers that Hollywood giants typically record outside their studio units, along with a growing contribution from advertising revenue, which is most pronounced in the TV networks divisions of Hollywood powerhouses.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Mar. 2026
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Rather than lean on typical monster movies and slasher horror that can always make bank in the movie theater, the biggest horror properties on TV are all across the map.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
13 Mar. 2026
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The Knicks, shorthanded without Karl-Anthony Towns and Josh Hart, didn’t let them — and a monster performance from Mitchell Robinson helped punch a 101-92 victory over the worst team in basketball on Friday night.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
13 Mar. 2026
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Now there's a pit to dig for fossils; a paleontological tent complete with a projector; dinosaur video games; sensory craft tables; dinosaur movies; fossils, and all sorts of memorabilia.—
Megan Shinn,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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In 2016, the Hilton took over and revamped it with colonial Art Deco stylings and a random faux dinosaur skeleton that divided opinions.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 Mar. 2026
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Surviving Earth explores the world 450M years ago featuring giant sea scorpions, mammoths and sabertooths.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
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Unlike typical mice with short gray-brown coats, these woolly mice have long dirty-blond hair that mimics the shaggy fur that helped protect mammoths from the Arctic cold.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Blockbuster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blockbuster. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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