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Recent Examples of meteoric
While Tom’s career would be meteoric as the true Hollywood star, Jim’s would be emblematic of the true Hollywood character actor.
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Carl Kurlander,
Deadline,
13 June 2026
Doing this at scale—combining all this data, getting as many cameras on the sky looking for meteoric flashes as possible—is what really makes this a critical scientific tool.
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Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
12 June 2026
Megan Moroney’s meteoric rise is one to be studied.
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Deasia Paige,
AJC.com,
9 June 2026
While OpenAI may have helped set off the current AI boom, Anthropic’s meteoric rise and Claude’s growing popularity have left the ChatGPT maker playing catch-up.
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ABC News,
3 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for meteoric
Carl Kurlander,
Deadline,
13 June 2026
Doing this at scale—combining all this data, getting as many cameras on the sky looking for meteoric flashes as possible—is what really makes this a critical scientific tool.
—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
12 June 2026
Megan Moroney’s meteoric rise is one to be studied.
—
Deasia Paige,
AJC.com,
9 June 2026
While OpenAI may have helped set off the current AI boom, Anthropic’s meteoric rise and Claude’s growing popularity have left the ChatGPT maker playing catch-up.
—
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meteoric
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Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.
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Improvements in blood tests, meanwhile, dovetail with rapid developments in treatments for various cancers, making the disease ever more survivable or even curable.
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Aerion Targaryen Aerion Targaryen (Finn Bennett), also known as Aerion Brightflame, is a volatile and cruel Targaryen prince infamous for his arrogance and violent behavior.
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Even excluding volatile food and energy prices, core PCE is expected to increase from April, according to economists polled by FactSet.
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Digital assets are moving at hyper-lightning speed.
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The dynamic Sun in your 9th House of Exploration quincunxes powerful Pluto in your 4th House of Home, so growth calls while roots demand attention.
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That dynamic helps explain why date nights remain a staple of practical relationship advice.
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Social media reactions were swift to spot the similarities to the classic skate shoe.
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The night was packed with finishes, including Murtazali Magomedov's rare twister submission and Levan Chokheli's swift TKO.
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Doctors suspected acute leukemia, an aggressive blood cancer that can develop and progress in a matter of weeks.
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Combining Football Password Data The problem of using football information in passwords is even more acute when combined with other data.
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Marrakesh, a whirlwind city of color and craft, is also home to some of the best hotels in the world, with iconic, design-forward properties like El Fenn (which recently underwent a renovation) and La Mamounia, a Hall of Fame winner in Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards.
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In season 2, her mother, in a whirlwind new romance, war-dials her all day.
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In the meantime, LAX visitors must wait to soar above local traffic and make a speedy exit via rail.
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Feeding the graphics is a Blackwell-series RTX 5070, perfectly suited for speedy performance at this exact resolution.
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“Meteoric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meteoric. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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