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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
Increasingly, a generation that grew up with smartphones, iPads and Netflix is propelling today’s biggest blockbusters.
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ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
The science fiction picture also hasn't seen as big of a week-over-week decline as is typically expected for blockbusters.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026
The films were blockbusters on release and are ranked among the five highest-grossing Indian films.
—Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Mar. 2026
Quantitatively, studios are producing fewer blockbusters and fewer auteur films than in the past.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
As K-pop spurs franchises, copycat spinoffs and big studio blockbusters, the system that propelled K-culture’s rise could stumble if its authenticity starts to waver.
—Dan Bilefsky, HollywoodReporter, 21 Mar. 2026
Gerwig is directing blockbusters.
—Jada Yuan, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
Then, the blockbusters, and all those superheroes.
—CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
Jennings has spent decades capturing breathtaking aerial moments with his camera for extreme sports competitions, Super Bowl commercials, and Hollywood blockbusters.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
The science fiction picture also hasn't seen as big of a week-over-week decline as is typically expected for blockbusters.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 1 Apr. 2026
The films were blockbusters on release and are ranked among the five highest-grossing Indian films.
—Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Mar. 2026
Quantitatively, studios are producing fewer blockbusters and fewer auteur films than in the past.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
As K-pop spurs franchises, copycat spinoffs and big studio blockbusters, the system that propelled K-culture’s rise could stumble if its authenticity starts to waver.
—Dan Bilefsky, HollywoodReporter, 21 Mar. 2026
Gerwig is directing blockbusters.
—Jada Yuan, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
Then, the blockbusters, and all those superheroes.
—CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
Jennings has spent decades capturing breathtaking aerial moments with his camera for extreme sports competitions, Super Bowl commercials, and Hollywood blockbusters.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blockbusters
Noun
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But those tactical successes don't necessarily translate to achieving all the president's strategic aims.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Your questions and comments, as well as gardening conundrums and successes, are always welcome.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
28 Mar. 2026
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Sei whales are endangered and are common in the Southeast's waters.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Humpback whales aren't native to the Baltic.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Offensively, Natalya Muzquiz led the way with 3 hits and 4 RBIs while allowing 3 earned runs as a pitcher.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
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Two of those hits were home runs and another was a double.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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And American tech giants like Amazon, OpenAI and Microsoft see the Gulf states’ abundant and cheap energy and vast land as key to their AI infrastructure buildouts.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
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Rioux is two inches taller than former NBA giants Gheorghe Muresan and Manute Bol, and three inches taller than popular big men Yao Ming, Tacko Fall and Shawn Bradley.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Byfield has three straight 20-goal seasons and both overtime winners against his hometown Maple Leafs this year.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
5 Apr. 2026
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In the event of multiple jackpot winners, the jackpot prize will be shared.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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If the dinosaurs and woolly mammoths that once roamed the Earth had since crumbled into dust, then what hope was there for humanity?—
Kathryn Hughes,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Birds are thought to have descended from carnivorous dinosaurs that began growing feathers by the Late Jurassic Period; thus, birds are technically one lineage of reptiles.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There's also aliens or monsters or some other supernatural entity out to get them.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
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Sometimes darkly humorous, sometimes strangely heartbreaking, this immersive storytelling experience is Edgar Allan Poe for the modern age; a heart-to-bleeding-heart with madmen, murderers and monsters all dying to tell their story.—
William Earl,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
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Stripped back to just Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson, the drone-metal titans explore the minutiae of microtonal vibrations on an album that sprawls like land art.—
Daniel Bromfield,
Pitchfork,
4 Apr. 2026
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The tech titans and Schultz join Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, PayPal and Palantir cofounder Peter Thiel, Citadel founder Ken Griffin, and Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison, who have all bought property or moved their companies’ operations to Florida in the past couple of years.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Blockbusters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blockbusters. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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