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 That makes Ulya the most successful Latvian film in the country’s cinemas in 2026, putting it ahead of such Hollywood blockbusters as The Odyssey and Minions & Monsters. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blockbusters
  1. successes
  2. whales
  3. hits
  4. giants
  5. winners
  6. dinosaurs
  7. monsters
  8. titans
Noun
  • To Prime and Beyond From 2002’s Resident Evil remake to the more recent successes with Resident Evil 2 & 4, Capcom has managed to recreate the feeling and survival horror tropes of the originals while modernizing the gameplay.
    — Daryl Baxter, Space.com, 1 Nov. 2026
  • By contrast, the successes of financialization—including the countless projects and transactions that proceed smoothly every day—go largely unnoticed.
    — Monica Ningen, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026
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  • In February last year, more than 150 whales beached off the coast of Tasmania, Australia – and all of them either died or were euthanized – in the first mass stranding of the animals in Tasmania in 50 years.
    — Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Necropsy reports this week specified the causes of death for two beluga whales at Shedd Aquarium after they were rescued from Canada.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of whales
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  • Lunch and supper here serves up the greatest hits of Japan, China, India and Thailand—dim sum, curries, sushi, and noodles, all authentic and fresh.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2026
  • His brief defensive work over recent seasons has included adventurous coverage snaps in prevent-type scenarios, as well as thunderous hits.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of hits
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  • Currently, to meet the massive capital requirements of AI infrastructure, American tech giants are expanding financing channels into overseas markets like Europe while extending bond maturities.
    — , CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The legal action follows successful lawsuits brought against the tech giants by California and others that have resulted in massive civil settlements.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of giants
Noun
  • Tuesday’s winners spanned the ideological spectrum and ranged from establishment veterans to political outsiders.
    — Joey Cappelletti, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
  • All are nominees or winners of Best New Performer at the Golden Horse Awards, Taiwan’s top honors for Chinese-language cinema.
    — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of winners
Noun
  • In the photo, a cake with a gold number 3 could be seen in the center of a table, featuring what appeared to be dinosaurs on it.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Identifying red blood cells in dinosaurs The fossil is a partial hind limb of Aratasaurus museunacionali, a theropod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of dinosaurs
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  • In one of the many scary dream sequences David Naughton has while becoming a werewolf, his Jewish family back home is slaughtered by Nazi monsters.
    — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Other popular depictions of ghouls conflated them with monsters such as zombies and demons.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of monsters
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  • Something that looms large is wealthy business titans trying to exert profound, direct influence over American politics and policies.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Intermediate-mass black holes are thought to sit between these two families of cosmic titans with masses between 100 and 100,000 times that of the sun.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 Nov. 2026
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