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 The last two, both toplined by Salman Khan, were blockbusters for the banner. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026 Roughly 66 novel drugs are in the pipeline for FDA approval, including potential blockbusters like Moderna and Merck's cancer drug for melanoma, and a next-generation obesity drug from Eli Lilly. — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026 Murmurs of surprises and spoilers—commonplace for blockbusters but hardly typical for documentaries—spread like wildfire in the lead-up to the release. — Andrew McGowan, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026 The second half of the bill was a screening of The Exorcist, which had long cemented its reputation as one of the most intense, influential blockbusters of the previous decade. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2026 The trade-deadline blockbusters and late-night deals all seemed at the time like the Sixers were swinging for the fences. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 Four back-to-back blockbusters—One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The China Syndrome, Romancing the Stone, Jewel of the Nile—had proven that. — Michael Douglas, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026 Paramount will have one of it most profitable years in more than 15 years, but that’s come more from trimming costs than fielding blockbusters. — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026 Kyle Stanley, a media scholar at the University of Nevada, Reno who has studied the MCU, noted that Iron Man was a lower-level hero when the company decided to build a movie around him, and Downey was not the kind of star who anchored blockbusters. — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blockbusters
  1. successes
  2. whales
  3. hits
  4. giants
  5. winners
  6. dinosaurs
  7. monsters
  8. titans
Noun
  • These are as much a part of Casey’s legacy as the company’s successes, even if UPS never mentioned them publicly during his lifetime and does not acknowledge them in recounting its past today.
    — Marc Levinson, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The chief also shared the successes the department has had with the system and that Sterling Heights Police Department has no history of misuse of the camera system.
    — Julia Avant, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of successes
Noun
  • He is venerated as a patron saint of sailors, mariners, travelers, and whales.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • In nature, larger animals, such as elephants and whales, tend to live longer than smaller animals, such as mice and shrews, Teeling says.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of whales
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  • On October 24, 2006, Taylor Swift was released—the debut album by a 16-year-old with blonde curls, cowboy boots, and a special talent for turning heartbreak into hits.
    — Ilaria Perrotta, Vanity Fair, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Jackson Chourio and William Contreras each had two hits, including an RBI single.
    — Steve Megaree, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of hits
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  • Anthropic itself revealed in an IPO prospectus this week that almost half of its revenue comes from fellow tech giants Amazon, Google, and Microsoft.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The company, which declined to disclose a valuation, also announced that financial giants Synchrony and Experian had joined the latest round as strategic investors.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of giants
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  • CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks were our two biggest winners last week — both up more than 11% as news of the security flaws in the PHP programming language touched off a global security scramble.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Of the 13 previous races at COTA since 2012, 11 winners have started on the front row.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of winners
Noun
  • The creature belonged to a family of nonavian dinosaurs known as the caenagnathids characterized by sleek physiologies and toothless beaks.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The sale is just more evidence that dinosaurs have become serious trophy objects for wealthy collectors, joining blue-chip paintings, rare watches, and sports memorabilia at the top end of the luxury market.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of dinosaurs
Noun
  • Set on a mysterious island ravaged by floods and warring armies, a masked boy and girl must traverse atmospheric environments, rescue friends, and confront nightmarish monsters.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Wētā is famous for its monsters and sci-fi creatures, so making a romantic lead gave the creatives a unique challenge.
    — Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of monsters
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  • Some people see America now in a second Gilded Age with tech and infrastructure titans such as Musk, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Ellison at the top of the heap.
    — Frank Langfitt, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Two Hollywood titans linking up is bound to yield some impressive results, but fans will have to dig in and wait until 2028.
    — David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
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