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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.
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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.
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Bomani Jones,
Vanity Fair,
29 Apr. 2026
Connor Ingram made 25 saves, including a doozy in the waning seconds, to earn the win.
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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
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Daeron Targaryen Daeron Targaryen, otherwise known as Daeron the Drunkard, is a bookish and melancholy Targaryen prince known for his prophetic dreams.
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An avant-garde sightseeing bus turns Hollywood into a stage, drawing locals for a mash-up of state history, gothic storytelling and public-intellectual riffing on the broken California dream.
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Why the at-home mani pedi trend is growing Three forces are driving the shift, including DIY beauty habits that stuck after the pandemic, the rising price of salon services and a steady stream of social tutorials that make at-home nails feel achievable.
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His belief in functional beauty can be found throughout the hotel’s 14 suites, which wow with their industrial bones, Nordic design staples, and soulful bronze figures by sculptor Hanne Varming.
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The book is full of many such humdingers.
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This polyphonic novel already has a chorus, thanks to its humdinger cast of ensemble characters.
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This avoidance tactic can explain the modern mismatch between sounds and spelling in wolf, wood and wonder.
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No wonder Yard Act realized music is the lifeline that just might pull us back out of the muck.
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Durica said the event that shaped the world leaves behind much more than a board game and a marvel of engineering.
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The Amazing Race is a program that used to win this category year over year, and is considered a production marvel.
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These unprecedented high temperatures, which can affect human, animal and plant health, as well as several industries, are due to a weather phenomenon known as an omega block.
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Earthquakes are natural phenomena that typically happen at the boundaries of Earth’s tectonic plates.
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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.
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For example, avocados are high in fiber, with half of one of those beauts having five grams of fiber.
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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.
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The corker: Of that total, AI accounts for $26.5 trillion or 93%.
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“Doozy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doozy. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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