Thesaurus results for BLOWOUTS

blowouts

noun

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plural of blowout

as in events

a social gathering staged a huge blowout for Halloween

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Recent Examples of blowouts After Thursday night’s Charlotte craziness, in which both ACC Tournament quarterfinals in the evening session were decided by a single point, Friday night instead brought back-to-back blowouts, as Virginia rolled past Miami in the first game. —

Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 14 Mar. 2026 Get your Suggs in a row The Orlando Magic are sneaking up the standings, winners of six straight, a streak that includes blowouts, an impressive victory in Minnesota and a narrow one Wednesday over the Cleveland Cavaliers. —

Fred Katz, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026 This style plays well with blowouts, and air dries well, too. —

Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 11 Mar. 2026 Pascal Siakam scored 26 points and Andrew Nembhard had 17 for the Pacers (15-48), who have lost eight straight since the All-Star break, including five consecutive blowouts. —

Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 7 Mar. 2026 The Lancers lost nine of 10 in December, including blowouts by 30, 41 and 47 points. —

Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026 Forget the earlier 38- and 31-point blowouts. —

Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2026 Many games were blowouts, allowing Faulkner to gain experience and develop a merciless attitude. —

Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026 Considering the vast majority of district games for top teams are often blowouts, the competition in a new district of doom is much needed, and will provide some interesting matchups, including North Crowley against Waxahachie. —

Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2026

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Noun

This heat wave is so extreme that it would only be expected to occur once about every 500 years in the current climate, according to World Weather Attribution, a group of scientists who study links between extreme weather events and climate change.

— Mira Rojanasakul, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026
The issue has not been detailed, but such events are expected during early-stage testing of experimental aircraft.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Mar. 2026