variants
or doozie
also doozer
as in dream
something very good of its kind
you don't make mistakes very often, but when you do, it's a real doozy
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Recent Examples of doozy
The game surely will have some late-season playoff implications as well, giving it top billing on a Chiefs schedule that features quite a few other doozies.
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Jesse Newell, New York Times, 15 May 2026
Please release the transcript from Paul’s agent @KuNajee Haha, that would be a doozy.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2026
Mars, who is working with Oxford attorney William Liston on the case, has a doozy of a theory.
—Bomani Jones, Vanity Fair, 29 Apr. 2026
Connor Ingram made 25 saves, including a doozy in the waning seconds, to earn the win.
—CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
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Jesse Newell, New York Times, 15 May 2026
Please release the transcript from Paul’s agent @KuNajee Haha, that would be a doozy.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2026
Mars, who is working with Oxford attorney William Liston on the case, has a doozy of a theory.
—Bomani Jones, Vanity Fair, 29 Apr. 2026
Connor Ingram made 25 saves, including a doozy in the waning seconds, to earn the win.
—CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doozy
Noun
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These memories of his brief, sad human life are uneasy dreams that Lestat wakes from on his tour bus as the sun sets over the road to Toledo.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
15 June 2026
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One concerns a romantic dream come true that becomes a bit of a nightmare.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 June 2026
Noun
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The storied tree is treasured not only for its age, stature and beauty, but for connections to the legend of Robin Hood, said to have hidden along with his band of outlaws inside the trunk to escape the Sheriff of Nottingham.—
Karina Zaiets,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
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Fragrance has become one of the fastest-growing categories in beauty, and the conversation isn’t just about luxury bottles anymore.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
Noun
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The book is full of many such humdingers.—
Alexandra Petri,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2026
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This polyphonic novel already has a chorus, thanks to its humdinger cast of ensemble characters.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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The android has a sunny outlook and a childlike wonder about the humans around her, with Ortega describing her as being on the complete opposite end of the spectrum from Wednesday Addams.—
Rebecca Ford,
Vanity Fair,
18 June 2026
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No wonder people are so eager to talk about it.—
Kyley Sitton,
Washington Post,
18 June 2026
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Eight have trusted Sweet with their futures — including, for the last 13 seasons, the Milwaukee Brewers, a low-budget marvel that depends on a rich talent pipeline.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
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Today, the historical marvel is known as a major tourist destination and recreational resource.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
Noun
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In part, that must be put down to a push phenomenon of ever more talent coming onto the market.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
19 June 2026
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Other Heliconius species also have impressively lengthy lives, enduring between 106 to 277 days, according to a study on the phenomenon published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
Noun
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As for the performance T-shirts in the lineup, the oversized, moisture-wicking beauts are meant to turn heads in their color-happy Turmeric iteration.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
28 May 2026
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For example, avocados are high in fiber, with half of one of those beauts having five grams of fiber.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2026
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Of course all the business between Patricia and the Boogeyman is just an excuse for Widow’s Bay to stage a corker of a send-up of 1978’s Halloween and slasher movies of its ilk.—
Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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Still, the opening episode is a corker.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Doozy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doozy. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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