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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 whales
something that is unusually large and powerful
a blockbuster of a fighter plane
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Recent Examples of blockbusters
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Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Some of that critical reassessment has been provided, quite eloquently, by Vulture’s own Angelica Jade Bastién, who has argued for Reeves’s greatness as an action star and his importance to The Matrix (and 21st-century blockbusters in general).
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2025
James Cameron has made a fear of nuclear weapons a plot point in several of his blockbusters.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
In a sign of the new era of film cooperation, Starmer announced that top Indian film and production company Yash Raj Films had committed to shooting three new Bollywood blockbusters in locations across the UK from 2026, after a long absence.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
For Johnson, who has fronted blockbusters including Jumanji, Black Adam, Fast X, and Jungle Cruise, this marked a major disappointment.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
The documentary dives into the moral negotiations of producing true crime content, which has become as much a pillar of the nonfiction space as superheroes have for blockbusters.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Those blockbusters happen to an audience, flattening them with a bombast their living rooms can’t replicate.
—Robert Rubsam, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
The show spoofs recent Broadway blockbusters, including celebrity satires and pop culture zings, with hip-hop piano accompaniment.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2025
Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Some of that critical reassessment has been provided, quite eloquently, by Vulture’s own Angelica Jade Bastién, who has argued for Reeves’s greatness as an action star and his importance to The Matrix (and 21st-century blockbusters in general).
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2025
James Cameron has made a fear of nuclear weapons a plot point in several of his blockbusters.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
In a sign of the new era of film cooperation, Starmer announced that top Indian film and production company Yash Raj Films had committed to shooting three new Bollywood blockbusters in locations across the UK from 2026, after a long absence.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
For Johnson, who has fronted blockbusters including Jumanji, Black Adam, Fast X, and Jungle Cruise, this marked a major disappointment.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
The documentary dives into the moral negotiations of producing true crime content, which has become as much a pillar of the nonfiction space as superheroes have for blockbusters.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Those blockbusters happen to an audience, flattening them with a bombast their living rooms can’t replicate.
—Robert Rubsam, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
The show spoofs recent Broadway blockbusters, including celebrity satires and pop culture zings, with hip-hop piano accompaniment.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blockbusters
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The latest Footage Film successes are Adopted 2 and Run.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Opening our doors also means engaging with the public through patient education, community health forums, and transparency about successes and setbacks.—
Prof. Dr. med. Mazda Farshad,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Driftwood tent shelters appear marooned like shipwrecks, and the beach is scattered with the bones of the giant whales.—
Chloe Berge,
AFAR Media,
15 Oct. 2025
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It was enacted the year before the Endangered Species Act, at a time when the movement to save whales from extinction was growing.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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His debut was a success, with Neely earning a hold after allowing two unearned runs in three innings with three hits, no walks and a strikeout.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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The monument provided the name and inspiration for one of the band's first hits in the '80s.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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The way European football’s financial landscape has been transformed over the last couple of decades — putting Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and a handful of English clubs far beyond everyone else, including the Italian giants — is enormously unhealthy.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Bloomberg reports that OpenAI has hired more than 100 former investment bankers from Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and other financial giants, staff that’s been brought on board to help train financial models that can replace entry-level tasks performed by younger bankers.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Many of the marble mausoleums on this 14-acre spot are held by Argentina’s elite, some famous, others infamous—think past presidents, Nobel Prize winners, and military commanders.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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The five most likely winners of the Most Valuable Player award, based on betting odds, are all from outside the US; the two teams seen as the championship favourites — the Oklahoma City Thunder and Denver Nuggets — are helmed by a Canadian guard and a Serbian center, respectively.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Sample collection lasted about three to four years just for Cretaceous rocks, while another four to five were spent on the overlying rock that shows when mammals lived at the site after the dinosaurs went extinct.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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How did Indigenous people in North America interpret fossils of dinosaurs and other long-extinct animals?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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The project — which chronicles the adventures of Huntrix, a K-pop girl group comprising three members who just happen to also fight monsters from the underworld — has been a surprise hit for the streamer, and its soundtrack has spent several weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Oct. 2025
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Based on legal proceedings and real investigations, The Monster of Florence revisits one of Italy’s darkest chapters through the eyes of those accused over the years—the possible monsters—exposing how hysteria and speculation blurred the line between truth and myth.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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The second-priciest ZIP code, 94027, sits in Atherton, California, a Silicon Valley community that houses titans of tech.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
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On this night in 2023, however, the cavernous five-story building was filled with bearded, flannel-wearing, middle-aged former punks, most of whom came to see Nineties punk titans Unwound play a reunion for the 20th birthday of the archival record label Numero Group.—
David Hill,
Rolling Stone,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Blockbusters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blockbusters. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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