as in successes
a person or thing that is successful
the band's latest album is a megahit
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Recent Examples of megahits
An easy comparison with the version available concurrently on PPOV showed the omission of Sidney Sweeney’s partial nudity in the steamy scenes that helped turn Paul Feig’s rebooting of the 1990s erotic thriller into one of the year’s megahits.
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Gustavo Turner, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026
In the early part of the 20th Century, Lorenz Hart was the songwriting partner of Richard Rodgers, before the latter teamed up to write megahits with lyricist Oscar Hammerstein.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
Gustavo Turner, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026
In the early part of the 20th Century, Lorenz Hart was the songwriting partner of Richard Rodgers, before the latter teamed up to write megahits with lyricist Oscar Hammerstein.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for megahits
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Rams owner Stan Kroenke, who lost out in the Dodgers’ bidding in 2012, surrounded the Rams’ Inglewood stadium and Woodland Hills training site with major development and could consider replicating those successes in Anaheim.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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Your questions and comments as well as gardening conundrums and successes are always welcome.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
16 Apr. 2026
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Imanaga tossed seven innings for the first time this season, limiting the Phillies to just three hits, including the home run, while walking one and striking out one batter.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
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Thematic ambition, a sense of the something to be expressed beyond a central romance, rivalry, or farce, propels modern musical hits too, as in Hairspray, or Wicked, or (no duh) Hamilton.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2026
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The movie has become one of the defining blockbusters of the ’80s, in part because of its reliance on practical effects for flying scenes.—
Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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Christmas movies in December, blockbusters rolling out over the summer, and Universal‘s perennial attempts to reboot its classic monsters.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Megahits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/megahits. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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