as in doll
a physically attractive person
at the modeling agency everyone was a showstopper
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Recent Examples of showstopper
But this week’s real showstopper was Advanced Micro Devices.
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Benzinga, Freep.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Korpisalo responded with two OT showstoppers.
—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
With glowing eyes, a chilling Vincent Price-style voice (delivering deliciously cheesy dialogue), and four points of ghostly animatronic movement, this bony specter is every bit the haunted showstopper.
—PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
Toby has also continuously struggled, and his showstopper might have been worse, but his triumph in the signature may have been enough to keep him for one more week.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
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Benzinga, Freep.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Korpisalo responded with two OT showstoppers.
—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
With glowing eyes, a chilling Vincent Price-style voice (delivering deliciously cheesy dialogue), and four points of ghostly animatronic movement, this bony specter is every bit the haunted showstopper.
—PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
Toby has also continuously struggled, and his showstopper might have been worse, but his triumph in the signature may have been enough to keep him for one more week.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for showstopper
Noun
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Nicks then proceeded to do a little bit of jokey ventriloquism with the doll and eventually gave it away to a fan.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Oct. 2025
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After combining the two, Barr gives the mask eyes similar to Labubu's and the doll's iconic teeth, creating a truly disturbing look.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 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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Brought over from the lowlands of Eastern Asia, oriental bittersweet was primarily admired for its beauty.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
22 Oct. 2025
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The beauty mogul and mom of two shared the sad news on Instagram with an emotional tribute to the dog, complete with a carousel of photos of Norman through the years.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Fans at home got an eyeful as muscleman Mike Munz, vocal duo Crash Adams, acrobatic pair The TT Boys, dance act The Funkateers Dancers, singing ensemble The Birmingham Youth Fellowship Choir, and others got down to business.—
Lars Brandle,
Billboard,
10 Sep. 2025
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Get an eyeful of Davidson on The Tonight Show in the interview above.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
23 July 2025
Noun
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White children and white babes in arms were there.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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Their split spurs Alex’s unconventional midlife crisis, one without fancy muscle cars or a hot young babe on the arm.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Some dishes don’t carry the French names of their sauces, like a dish of brill, shellfish, and Breton cider, where sauce Normande could just as easily have been mentioned.—
Joel Hart,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
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Inspired by the Yes, Chef host’s Spanish heritage, the new slate of dishes were carefully selected for their ability to maintain taste and texture at 35,000 feet.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That kind of skeuomorphism—the design of a digital interface to resemble a physical one, by, for example, adding a faux-metal texture to a calculator app—has been out of fashion for more than a decade, ever since Apple moved away from it in the early twenty-tens.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
22 Oct. 2025
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The video, which has racked up tens of millions of views on social media, was widely interpreted as mocking the death of Kirk, who was assassinated by a shot through the neck last month.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Showstopper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/showstopper. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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