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also gangbuster
as in excellent
of the very best kind
most of the pop singers in the competition were anything but gangbusters
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Recent Examples of gangbusters
Michelle Fox, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
The cloud giant added nearly 2% following its gangbuster day on Wednesday .
—Michelle Fox, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gangbusters
Adjective
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Harry Dean Stanton is excellent.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Moisture recovery ranged from good to excellent, with morning relative humidity levels between 55% and 88%.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Kris Kristofferson and Treat Williams as lawmen whose desert discovery leads down a path to information about the Kennedy assassination.—
Rich Heldenfels,
Boston Herald,
31 Aug. 2025
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Kirsh’s shock of white hair and dry, sardonic air give Olyphant refreshing distance from the upright lawmen he’s known for.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The film captures Gilmour and his terrific backing band in concert at Rome’s historic Circus Maximus near the start of the Luck and Strange tour.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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But those poor souls would be missing out on a terrific whiskey that really deserves to be enjoyed.—
Tony Sachs,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Learn from three expert instructors how to showcase your skills, build a stellar reputation, and create a digital presence that AI can't replicate.—
Ernestine Siu,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
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At the start of the summer season, in June, the brightest stars of Gemini the Twins, Pollux and Castor appear side by side low in the northwest twilight, bringing up the rear of the winter stellar procession in much the same way as the twin marker lights on a caboose bring up the rear of a train.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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That rules, actually, that video is awesome.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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But the people there were awesome.—
Mitch Sherman,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Another uninspired performance coupled with a a heavy defeat may well spell the end for the Basque manager at the Emirates, so this fixture should have plenty of undertones and be a cracking game of football.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
28 Oct. 2019
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His fortunes finally turned back Wednesday, when van Garderen laid down a cracking time trial at the Tour of California.—
sacbee,
sacbee,
16 May 2018
Adjective
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For years, those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis and the world’s worst mass murderers and criminals.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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Stargazing is a wonderful pursuit that appeals to both the casual and dedicated observer, but views outside of cities are often much clearer and brighter thanks to different levels of light pollution.—
Harry Bennett,
Space.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Investment banking still holds appeal, especially after a banner fourth quarter.—
Rochelle Toplensky,
WSJ,
3 Mar. 2020
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The ’70s weren’t exactly banner days for newsroom diversity.—
Heidi Stevens,
chicagotribune.com,
18 Apr. 2018
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“Gangbusters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gangbusters. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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