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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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They are loaded with student debt and feel the hot breath of artificial Intelligence breathing down their necks, even as high mortgage rates taunt their dreams of home ownership.—
Louise Schiavone,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
Noun
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The region boasts some of the most innovative hotel projects, such as the Cayo Levantado Resort, a project by the Piñero Group that combines the beauty of nature with luxury, giving guests a chance to fully immerse themselves in the Caribbean.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 June 2026
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The beauty mogul accessorized with silver metallic strappy heels.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
11 June 2026
Noun
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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 latest private-members country club to have opened in Oxfordshire, wrapped in a Jacobethan hall with parkland, is a humdinger with an instant cachet.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 May 2026
Noun
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No wonder the Spurs initially cruised with a 76-49 half-time lead.—
Mark Medina,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Little wonder, then, that when the Knicks and Victor Wembanyama offered a feel-good lifeboat in the ongoing NBA Finals, so many sports fans hopped aboard.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
11 June 2026
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So the Miami Dolphins’ 6-7 record after Sunday’s fourth win in a row is a thing worthy of marvel mostly in the context of how ugly this season’s nadir was at 1-6, as the flames from the dumpster fire grew.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Dec. 2025
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Eric Fanene, his former coach at Chabot, marvels at Pole’s storybook rise.—
Matt Schwab,
Mercury News,
5 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s unsettlingly close—and undeniably bold—bond throughout the Wicked press tour has become its own cultural phenomenon, complete with headlines, memes, and dating rumors.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
11 Dec. 2025
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One can date the phenomenon to 2020, when TikTok exploded in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
11 Dec. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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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 18 Jun. 2026.
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