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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squibs
Noun
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Audiences will come back to theaters for high-concept comedies that speak to a lot of people, like The Hangover or Wedding Crashers.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025 -
Game night flies by in a montage — the crutch of comedies that can’t sustain conversations and jokes at the same time (or, to be fair, feel crunched for time).—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The show spoofs recent Broadway blockbusters, including celebrity satires and pop culture zings, with hip-hop piano accompaniment.—
Eric E. Harrison,
Arkansas Online,
1 Oct. 2025
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After all this is the guy who won an original screenplay Oscar for one of the all-time great horror satires, Get Out.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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An industry that was once dismissed as teens making low-quality lip-sync videos on YouTube or performing skits on Vine is now a dominant force in media, commerce and culture.—
Taylor Lorenz,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
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The idea propagated by Saturday Night Live skits and sitcom one-liners that Lilith Fair was a misandrist showcase for joyless, hormonal angst was totally alien to accounts of what being there actually felt like.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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So tangled are the tricks and plot lines that the story’s characters are little more than sketches.—
Kirk Honeycutt,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Oct. 2025
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Herman is at work on another book, which will include hundreds of sketches he’s drawn during his travels over the past 40 years.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
20 Oct. 2025
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