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Recent Examples of showstopper
Homes in the neighborhood are decked out in holiday cheer with Santa, sparkling lights and showstopper displays.
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Sacbee.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Amaryllis is a natural showstopper, thanks to its breathtaking and festive blooms, and the same aesthetic features may attract your curious critter.
—Maddie Topliff, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2025
The showstopper here is the price.
—David Pogue, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025
Yosemite is home to plenty of animal species, including showstoppers like the black bear, Sierra Nevada red fox, mountain lion, and deer.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2025
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Sacbee.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Amaryllis is a natural showstopper, thanks to its breathtaking and festive blooms, and the same aesthetic features may attract your curious critter.
—Maddie Topliff, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2025
The showstopper here is the price.
—David Pogue, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025
Yosemite is home to plenty of animal species, including showstoppers like the black bear, Sierra Nevada red fox, mountain lion, and deer.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for showstopper
Noun
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And then there’s Alison’s Isabella Linton, who’s quite doll-like in her candy-pink gowns and bows?—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
10 Jan. 2026
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Rose also enjoys playing with dolls, carefully giving each one its own name and unique personality.—
The Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The more renowned the art, the greater the number of clueless lookers, joyless collectors, donors in search of tax breaks, and steroidal museums.—
Jackson Arn,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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The Backside: Powder Day Bliss The looker’s left flank of the Cirque, also referred to as Thunder Saddle, is rife with more technical chutes and spicy freeride terrain, including Y-Spine, an infamous, stepped spine that keeps experts on their toes.—
Drew Zieff,
Outside,
21 Nov. 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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Wilcox, who runs a small health and beauty business, moved to the United States and became a citizen after growing up in communist Czechoslovakia, according to her campaign biography.—
Eleanor Dearman
Updated January 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Jan. 2026
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More is at stake than preserving the singular beauty of the sawgrass prairies of Everglades National Park or cypress swamps of the Big Cypress National Preserve.—
Amy Green,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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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Similar photos would later be taken of Anita Ekberg and Sophia Loren while attending Cannes, with the whole beach babe thing becoming something of a tradition for Hollywood stars visiting the Riviera in the mid-21st century.—
Daniel Rodgers,
Vogue,
28 Dec. 2025
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Welcome to a major transition week, R29 babes.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
21 Dec. 2025
Noun
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With its grease-cutting ingredients, dish soap will help cut through any greasy film or residue.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
10 Jan. 2026
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The small round dish can be used for all sorts of culinary delights, from baking single-serve cakes to roasting garlic.—
Isabel Garcia,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The school’s founders are accused of siphoning tens of millions of dollars into a private company between 2017 and 2021.—
Jennifer Palmer,
Oklahoma Watch,
9 Jan. 2026
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The strikes have left tens of thousands of people across the country without power or heating amid freezing winter temperatures.—
Kosta Gak,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Showstopper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/showstopper. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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