blockbusters

noun

plural of blockbuster
1
as in successes
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 whales
something that is unusually large and powerful a blockbuster of a fighter plane

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Recent Examples of blockbusters In mid-August, the Hollywood blockbusters tend to clear out of movie theaters and smaller indie titles move in. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026 The combined success of these blockbusters — not to mention the droves of smaller-scale films doing their part — has helped vault the domestic box office back to numbers many prognosticators thought were ancient history. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Aug. 2026 The business strategy for modern superhero blockbusters nowadays is capital-I iteration. — Chris Lee, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2026 And this summer, visitors to The Met’s Raphael show—one of the season’s biggest blockbusters—were greeted by a list of supporters including Leon and Debra Black. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 14 Aug. 2026 Stone counts more than two decades of experience, including 14 years spanning Fox and Disney, working on blockbusters, awards contenders, theatrical and streaming fare. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2026 That’s not even mentioning the House of Mouse’s attempts at sequels, which often have the cheap, slapdash feel of a Disney VHS release despite being major blockbusters. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026 Pinewood is one of the largest and most iconic film studios in the world, with blockbusters including James Bond, The Hobbit, and Star Wars movies all filming here over the past few decades. — Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2026 Over the years, India’s blockbusters have sought to outdo each other in budget, especially those in Bollywood and the Telugu film industry. — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blockbusters
  1. successes
  2. whales
  3. hits
  4. giants
  5. winners
  6. dinosaurs
  7. monsters
  8. titans
Noun
  • But in all that time, across more than 100 successes and failures, no spacecraft has ever landed at the South Pole of the Moon.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Recent successes have also flipped the narrative on Tehran’s investment in the axis and its effectiveness.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
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Noun
  • The Georgia Aquarium’s two newest beluga whales are safe and sound in Atlanta after being rescued from a shuttered aquatic park in Canada.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Georgia Aquarium staff say Balor and Zephyr will meet their trainers and, eventually, join the aquarium's existing pod of beluga whales.
    — CBS Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of whales
Noun
  • As the extra player added to Atlanta’s roster for its doubleheader against the New York Mets in late July, Smith-Shawver, 23, went 4 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on four hits while striking out four batters.
    — Jesús Cano, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The Braves lost 10-3 as Holmes was charged six runs on six hits in 3-2/3 innings at Truist Park.
    — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of hits
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  • At that point, the Spanish club was confident he would soon be snapped up by one of the game’s giants for mega money, so was happy to play the long game.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Tech giants like OpenAI, Google and Anthropic offer schools training sessions in how to use their AI tools.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of giants
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  • And there is no doubt that there will be winners and losers this go-round, and probably a stock market correction or bear market along the way, but there is no need to try to guess when that might happen.
    — Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Mike Suley, chairman of the Allegheny County Board of Property Assessment Appeals, told KDKA-TV on Monday that the reassessment will create winners and losers.
    — Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of winners
Noun
  • Starting with the second film, The Lost World, a theme emerged in which dinosaurs were recast as victims who needed protecting from evil humans.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026
  • That shape could be consistent with tracks left by either theropods — a group that includes meat-eating dinosaurs — or ornithopods, which were bipedal herbivores.
    — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of dinosaurs
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  • The most obvious general interpretation of Buffy’s project is that the show transmutes real teenage anxieties into monsters; every villain is a metaphor.
    — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026
  • As fans know, no world in Stranger Things is ever void, as there are always monsters lurking nearby, namely Vecna.
    — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of monsters
Noun
  • In time, generations of directors and studio execs who came up revering trailblazing path set by 1970s New Hollywood titans like Coppola would come to fundamentally see the sequel in a different light as a result.
    — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The evidence for this clash of oceanic titans comes from sperm whale skin and stomach contents.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2026
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