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as in successes
a person or thing that is successful
the movie is expected to be the biggest blockbuster of the summer
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as in whales
something that is unusually large and powerful
a blockbuster of a fighter plane
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Recent Examples of blockbusters
His passing closes the chapter on a career that bridged classic Hollywood and modern blockbusters, reminding audiences of the enduring power of storytelling across genres and generations.
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Hannah Parry
amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
If management continues to grow streaming profitably, produce major studio blockbusters, and either separate or stabilize the legacy television business, the financials support a valuation closer to $25–30 per share.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The actor went on to film blockbusters such as Zoolander, You, Me and Dupree, Wedding Crashers, Marley & Me and more.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Ford is a Hollywood institution, the star of nostalgic blockbusters whose late-career turn toward television has been well received.
—Paula Mejía, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
The master of suspense made almost 70 films and TV shows across his staggering, more-than-half-a-century-long career, graduating from black-and-white, silent British potboilers to full-blown, Technicolor Hollywood blockbusters.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2025
Hollywood blockbusters stolen Hale worked at a multinational DVD and Blu-ray distribution company that handled films for major studios.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
While he's primarily known for his work in Hollywood blockbusters, Johnson attended TIFF to promote his role in his first prestige drama, The Smashing Machine, which has generated significant Oscar buzz for his leading role as real-life UFC fighter, Mark Kerr.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
The Times analyzed how numerous blockbusters — almost all of them sequels or IP adaptations — fell short of their predecessors, and how only two weekends out of this summer surpassed $300 million cumulative at the North American box office.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
Hannah Parry
amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
If management continues to grow streaming profitably, produce major studio blockbusters, and either separate or stabilize the legacy television business, the financials support a valuation closer to $25–30 per share.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The actor went on to film blockbusters such as Zoolander, You, Me and Dupree, Wedding Crashers, Marley & Me and more.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Ford is a Hollywood institution, the star of nostalgic blockbusters whose late-career turn toward television has been well received.
—Paula Mejía, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
The master of suspense made almost 70 films and TV shows across his staggering, more-than-half-a-century-long career, graduating from black-and-white, silent British potboilers to full-blown, Technicolor Hollywood blockbusters.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2025
Hollywood blockbusters stolen Hale worked at a multinational DVD and Blu-ray distribution company that handled films for major studios.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
While he's primarily known for his work in Hollywood blockbusters, Johnson attended TIFF to promote his role in his first prestige drama, The Smashing Machine, which has generated significant Oscar buzz for his leading role as real-life UFC fighter, Mark Kerr.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
The Times analyzed how numerous blockbusters — almost all of them sequels or IP adaptations — fell short of their predecessors, and how only two weekends out of this summer surpassed $300 million cumulative at the North American box office.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blockbusters
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London Calling caps off an especially big year for Duhamel, who also had successes with Netflix's new hit series Ransom Canyon and the film Off the Grid.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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But the books were commercial successes, so Putnam kept cranking them out.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
17 Sep. 2025
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While critics have voiced concern about the ability of whales to skew markets, prediction markets are built in such a way that, when prices give a distorted view of reality, betting the other way proves profitable.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Sep. 2025
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Essentially, the whales started a fad of playing with boat rudders.—
Ramon Padilla,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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Together, the Boones combined for a remarkable 634 home runs, 3,139 RBIs, and 5,890 hits, with 10 All-Star selections and 11 Gold Gloves.—
Candace Oehler,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The film bluntly communicates the danger of football on the body and brain, with X-ray-vision scenes that show players’ skeletons bearing the impact of hellacious hits.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
18 Sep. 2025
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Its shares fell more than 2% Wednesday after the Financial Times, citing sources, said China has ordered local tech giants to stop tests and orders of the Nvidia RTX Pro 6000D chip.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Pharmaceutical giants Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk were among those targeted, along with telehealth company Hims & Hers, whose stock fell nearly 6% Tuesday.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The Skin category winners are probably the most difficult to choose and definitely the most hotly debated, but after months of thorough testing (and retesting), in the end, our editors came to a consensus on which cleansers, creams, peels, and spot treatments offer the most impressive results.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Grand Slam winners get a colorful Grand Slam Award sticker.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
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Overall, the collected plant evidence shows that the area was humid and forested when the dinosaurs roamed.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
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Researchers have debated for decades how these dinosaurs used their signature dome.—
Jack Tamisiea,
Scientific American,
17 Sep. 2025
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This quiz invites you to explore the darker corners of sci-fi literature, where monsters lurk not just in shadows, but in laboratories, alien worlds and post-apocalyptic wastelands.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Watch out for monsters under the bed.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
16 Sep. 2025
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The individuals around the table are titans—CEOs, surgeons, partners at major law firms.—
Benjamin D. Summers,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Bolden also thanked his husband, Adair Curtis, and the titans Phylis Hyman, Nina Simone, and James Baldwin.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Blockbusters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blockbusters. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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