variants or doozie also doozer

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Recent Examples of doozy One of the researchers behind that last doozy, Dr. Gustav Nyström, and his colleague Ashutosh Sinha from the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA) have cracked a whole new way to leverage the strange and magical properties of fungal mycelium. Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 16 May 2025 While the sponsor seems to have changed this year again (from MSC Cruises to AWS), the official name remains a doozy: the Formula 1 AWS Gran Premio del Made in Italy e dell’Emilia-Romagna. Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 15 May 2025 Divorces are rarely pretty, but Ryan Lochte’s is shaping up to be a doozy. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 10 June 2025 Getting back into changing diapers and doing the early mornings and late nights can be a doozy. Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 30 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for doozy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doozy
Noun
  • The onetime dream of widespread debt forgiveness has been extinguished, and a five-year reprieve for people who had defaulted on student loans expired in May of this year.
    Brit Morse, Fortune, 8 July 2025
  • With the help of a starlet named Vera, her dream of meeting him slowly takes shape.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • To be sure, debates around contestants on competition shows is not a new phenomenon.
    Taylor Crumpton, Time, 13 July 2025
  • Swimming with these gentle giants is a seasonal phenomenon that travelers will need to plan for.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • And that first Game 7 in finals history, in the parlance of the day, was a humdinger.
    The Athletic NBA Staff, New York Times, 22 June 2025
  • This is a humdinger of a pollinator plant, attracting not only humming bees and butterflies, but a host of other insects, too.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • The combination of mechanics and electronics to extract every nuance from the grooves of a vinyl pressing is a wonder of engineering and enjoying a renaissance in the age of digital music.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
  • These woven wonders are sure to spark a little joy in your accessories closet—with just the right dose of seasonal cheer.
    Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Send Vogue’s senior beauty & wellness editor an email at beauty@vogue.com.
    Jeanne Ballion, Vogue, 14 July 2025
  • There’s a rare beauty in waking up to the reddish-orange glow of the morning sun over lush vineyards after a good night’s sleep under a twinkling night sky.
    Rafael Peña, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Reinhart, who scored the game-winner in Game 7 of the Cup Final last year, opened scoring 4:36 with a beaut of an individual effort.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 June 2025
  • Check out this sliding beaut: Crawford’s skeptics, however, will point to an elevated ground-ball rate (63.8%) and his next-to-nil power (only one home run) as reasons to leave him in the minors.
    Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • Anyway, Breville doles out sales sparingly, and this little corker is $50 off for the spring sale.
    Simon Hill, Wired News, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The final scene — a real corker — was filmed at City Hall.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025

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“Doozy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doozy. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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