as in doll
a physically attractive person
at the modeling agency everyone was a showstopper
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Recent Examples of showstopper
Dignified and proud as the handsome house is, the arboretum-like grounds are the real showstopper.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 July 2025
Begin with bubbling escargot or a rich, creamy foie gras, but the showstopper is the seafood tower filled with tuna tartare, East Coast oysters, shrimp and lobster with mignonette sauce.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
While the rooms are impressive, the real showstopper is the transparent semi-cantilevered pool at the heart of the resort.
—New Atlas, 20 July 2025
The showstopper is a grid of glass windows, their square panes joined with a cross-hatch of cedar two-by-fours, which continues its grid onto the ceiling.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 17 July 2025
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 30 July 2025
Begin with bubbling escargot or a rich, creamy foie gras, but the showstopper is the seafood tower filled with tuna tartare, East Coast oysters, shrimp and lobster with mignonette sauce.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
While the rooms are impressive, the real showstopper is the transparent semi-cantilevered pool at the heart of the resort.
—New Atlas, 20 July 2025
The showstopper is a grid of glass windows, their square panes joined with a cross-hatch of cedar two-by-fours, which continues its grid onto the ceiling.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 17 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for showstopper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for showstopper
Noun
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Pop Mart pulled the dolls from all U.K. stores following reports of customers fighting over them earlier this year.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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That's pretty vague, but a season 2 teaser highlights several of the aforementioned foes and woes, from a host of haunted dolls and a swarm of bees to a flaming, winged creature and the gnarly sight of Tyler (Hunter Doohan) in his Hyde form.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Music aside, Stone Groove Stillhouse is quite the looker.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
29 July 2025
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David Hockney is a good looker.—
Dodie Kazanjian,
Vogue,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Fanny and Stella, middle-class lovelies in hoop skirts, engage in a warm embrace.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2025
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In an early scene, poor Christian attends a dating event, having gamed the system, with his perfect numerical logic, so that all the potential lovelies are lined up at his table.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The beauty there is that since peer support is a carve-out, perhaps their AI is no longer within scope.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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With Hasan in Gaza is an aching witness to the beauty of this land and the struggle of its people, neither of which may soon be recognizable at all.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Get an eyeful of Davidson on The Tonight Show in the interview above.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
23 July 2025
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Alternatively, get an eyeful of the Leake Street Arches—aka the London Graffiti tunnel—beneath Waterloo Station, and pop out on Lower Marsh, with its centuries-old street market and proper Lambeth vibe.—
Emma John,
AFAR Media,
24 June 2025
Noun
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Some things are beyond the capacity of a child to understand, while others resonate most profoundly out of the mouths of babes.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
5 July 2025
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Usually that show would have the babe of the week, whatever hot girl that Charlie [Sheen] was dating.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
19 June 2025
Noun
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Ahead, Schroeder dishes how to do just that, and reveals the best pizza toppings to pair with street cart onion sauce.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Aug. 2025
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For more than 40 years, this local restaurant has been popular among locals and tourists for its seafood dishes and festive atmosphere.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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For generations, Social Security, which celebrated its 90th anniversary on August 14, has formed the bedrock of retirement income for tens of millions of Americans, and also pays out benefits to disabled people and survivors of deceased workers.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Aug. 2025
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For months, federal investigators have been examining how tens of millions of dollars has been distributed among Hartford nonprofits, some of which play a vital role across the city’s economically distressed north side.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
17 Aug. 2025
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“Showstopper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/showstopper. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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