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as in skillful
having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor
a crackerjack photographer who gets the news photo that is reprinted around the world
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as in excellent
of the very best kind
a crackerjack book on the history of rock music
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also crackajack
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as in virtuoso
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
a young prospect who's supposed to be a crackerjack on the baseball diamond
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2
as in beauty
something very good of its kind
the cheese maker's aged cheddar is a real crackerjack
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Recent Examples of crackerjack
Rebecca Milzoff, Billboard, 2 May 2025
The most obvious standout is Cook, who combines the square-jawed looks of a superhero with the crackerjack comic timing and nimble facial expressions of an Alan Tudyk character.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
With a crackerjack band led by Don Was that included members of Goose, Dead & Company and Grahame Lesh, a number of performers made the Dead’s uniquely genre-blending sound into their own.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 1 Feb. 2025
His crackerjack co-stars include John Lithgow, Stanley Tucci, Lucian Msamati, Carlos Diehz, and Isabella Rossellini, as a nun on a mission.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Noun
So far, that’s working out well: Dead Outlaw just received a best musical nomination for the 2025 Tony Awards, one of seven nods for the show also including best score for Yazbek and Della Penna’s music, which is performed by a crackerjack band onstage.
—Rebecca Milzoff, Billboard, 2 May 2025
The most obvious standout is Cook, who combines the square-jawed looks of a superhero with the crackerjack comic timing and nimble facial expressions of an Alan Tudyk character.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
With a crackerjack band led by Don Was that included members of Goose, Dead & Company and Grahame Lesh, a number of performers made the Dead’s uniquely genre-blending sound into their own.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 1 Feb. 2025
His crackerjack co-stars include John Lithgow, Stanley Tucci, Lucian Msamati, Carlos Diehz, and Isabella Rossellini, as a nun on a mission.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crackerjack
Adjective
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The story follows Winston Smith, a skillful worker rewriting history in the Ministry of Truth, who starts to look back fondly on the days before the Party took over the region of Oceania and implemented their cult of personality devoid of free thought and individuality.—
Robert English,
EW.com,
30 July 2025
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But the game's structure also allows skillful and/or impatient players to zip to the game's conclusion quite quickly, rushing through the visually inventive bosses that guard the game's major chokepoints.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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From there, Young tossed an accurate ball to Sanders for a would-be first down and it was dropped by the second-year tight end, who has put together an otherwise excellent camp.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Aug. 2025
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Gang Green began the night with excellent field position, but it was wasted away after gaining just one first down.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Match tells the true story of how, in the face of discrimination and exclusion, British-Jewish rising tennis star Angela Buxton and African American athletic virtuoso Althea Gibson formed an unlikely pair that took Wimbledon by storm and forged a lifelong friendship.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
13 May 2025
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Billy Woods rose out of the Brooklyn rap underground as a virtuoso poet, one of hip-hop’s most independent and brilliant minds over the past two decades.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
10 May 2025
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With Hasan in Gaza is an aching witness to the beauty of this land and the struggle of its people, neither of which may soon be recognizable at all.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
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The beauty there is that since peer support is a carve-out, perhaps their AI is no longer within scope.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The team must be skilled in rigorous experimentation to enable translation of data into meaningful insights.—
Mohit Agrawal,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The company could also serve as a magnet for high skilled and high wage labor and lead to spinoff companies, the city’s presentation said.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Temuera Morrison plays a terrific villain as the murderous King Kahekili.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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While much of that is thanks to an explosive offense that features Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry, the Ravens also have some terrific players on the defensive side of the ball, which should not come as much of a surprise given their history.—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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On every episode of this podcast, host Lena Crown speaks with writers, artists, critics, and scholars across generations who have awakened something for one another.—
Awakeners
August 7,
Literary Hub,
7 Aug. 2025
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Yet Putin, who likely has a coterie of scholars on international criminal law who have explained to him the mechanics of personal immunity, is likely to do everything to hold onto power for as long as possible, to avoid losing his protection from trial for war crimes and armed aggression.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The bourbon features aromas of vanilla, honey, and toasted nuts.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Markle’s As Ever brand has also launched products such as wine, honey, and tea.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Crackerjack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crackerjack. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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