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as in success
a person or thing that is successful
the movie is expected to be the biggest blockbuster of the summer
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2
as in whale
something that is unusually large and powerful
a blockbuster of a fighter plane
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Recent Examples of blockbuster
The summer movies season, which runs from the first weekend in May through Labor Day in September, is also about to get a boost from several blockbuster titles.
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Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 12 May 2026
Neon, majority owned by Dan Friedkin’s 30West, is far from competing with studio blockbusters at the box office.
—ABC News, 11 May 2026
Chiles, a native of Oregon, said wants to act in television shows and blockbuster movies.
—Marquise Francis, NBC news, 9 May 2026
The first round of the WNBA’s newest blockbuster series belongs to the Wings.
—Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 9 May 2026
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Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 12 May 2026
Neon, majority owned by Dan Friedkin’s 30West, is far from competing with studio blockbusters at the box office.
—ABC News, 11 May 2026
Chiles, a native of Oregon, said wants to act in television shows and blockbuster movies.
—Marquise Francis, NBC news, 9 May 2026
The first round of the WNBA’s newest blockbuster series belongs to the Wings.
—Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 9 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blockbuster
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In addition to his clairvoyant recruitment of head coach Eric Roy, who had not coached a club for more than 11 years before his appointment by Brest, Lorenzi enjoyed success at Stade Francis Le Ble by picking up players on the cheap and selling them on at significant profit.—
Tom Williams,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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And while the state has seen strong GDP growth in recent months, business groups still worry that this economic success could be stifled by limited job growth and economic uncertainty in the wake of federal policy changes.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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But the whale stranded repeatedly.—
Veronika Meduna,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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For a closer look, ask the concierge to arrange a whale-watching boat ride.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
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Jack Dauer double home a run, then scored on Colin Sloane’s hit.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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The Philadelphia Phillies scored seven runs on seven hits.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2026
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Adani Green Energy withdrew its wind energy projects from Sri Lanka after the country sought to renegotiate prices, while a French oil giant also paused new investments.—
Michael R. Sisak,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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This compact began to fray in the 2010s as the scrappy upstarts of the early days grew into globe-spanning giants with untold power and influence.—
Jonathan Weber,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
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The minotaur was a monster, half man and half bull, that was imprisoned in a dark underground labyrinth.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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This little green creature then tries to help the Minions find more monsters to flesh out their film, a plan that unsurprisingly goes awry.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
16 May 2026
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Or, perhaps most dramatically, one such clustering happened some 66 million years ago when an asteroid collided with Earth, darkening the skies and likely wiping out the dinosaurs - and over half of all plant species.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
19 May 2026
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Rafa smiles and picks up another dinosaur by its tail.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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In a twist of prehistoric irony, our ancestors’ hunting skills proved too effective, leading to the extinction of mammoths around 10,000 years ago—and mammoth-bone dwellings with them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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Fossils have also been found that indicate the islands were also once home to pygmy mammoths, which only reached 4 to 6 feet tall.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Blockbuster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blockbuster. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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