as in events
a social gathering
staged a huge blowout for Halloween
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Recent Examples of blowouts
The Trojans opened the season with blowouts against overmatched opponents at home, beating FCS Missouri State 73-13 before blasting Georgia Southern 59-20.
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Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
While CFOs are supposed to know everything about their companies, many are sandbagging earnings due to uncertainty, leading to potential blowouts in the third and fourth quarters.
—Dryden Pence, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Beyond the big blowouts, Patel got in other jabs during the hearing.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
Earle has been in blowouts before, but never has been this productive.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Sep. 2025
The Cornhuskers are 3-0 and riding high after two 50-point blowouts of their own.
—Austin Meek, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
Swap them out for wavy blowouts, straightened hair, and more styles.
—Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Despite the fact that HUDs offer less automation than automatic landing systems, airlines have discovered that their planes suffer fewer costly tail strikes and tire blowouts when pilots use HUDs rather than auto-landers.
—David Autor, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
Louisville-area football fans saw some blowouts and some nail-biters Friday night.
—Rich Barak, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Aug. 2025
Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
While CFOs are supposed to know everything about their companies, many are sandbagging earnings due to uncertainty, leading to potential blowouts in the third and fourth quarters.
—Dryden Pence, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Beyond the big blowouts, Patel got in other jabs during the hearing.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
Earle has been in blowouts before, but never has been this productive.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Sep. 2025
The Cornhuskers are 3-0 and riding high after two 50-point blowouts of their own.
—Austin Meek, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
Swap them out for wavy blowouts, straightened hair, and more styles.
—Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Despite the fact that HUDs offer less automation than automatic landing systems, airlines have discovered that their planes suffer fewer costly tail strikes and tire blowouts when pilots use HUDs rather than auto-landers.
—David Autor, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2025
Louisville-area football fans saw some blowouts and some nail-biters Friday night.
—Rich Barak, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blowouts
Noun
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Trump described how Kirk would ask him to fly across the country to appear at his events with little notice.—
Fortune,
Fortune,
22 Sep. 2025
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The two met aboard a flight to one of former Dodgers manager Joe Torre’s charity events.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The two parties have had their share of battles over the last 18 seasons.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
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The 2016 Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, which commits countries to phasing out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) – greenhouse gases that don't harm the ozone layer like CFCs, but still trap heat in the atmosphere – has been ratified by 164 parties so far.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This legendary German restaurant is throwing three Oktoberfest bashes.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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Even with a series of backyard bashes, the box office returns can be dry.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The relative lack of attention toward Hortman’s assassination has been pointed to by some left-wing figures as evidence of hypocrisy from those on the Right, particularly those who were angry over the celebrations of some left-wing social media users over Kirk’s death.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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There are many tastings, celebrations, parties and events with food and music as well.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Varholak closed his night 11-for-18 passing with 247 yards and a trio of touchdowns for Hingham (along with 47 yards rushing), while Reale added four receptions for 72 yards and two scores.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
20 Sep. 2025
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When compared head-to-head with Ekeler since 2024, Kamara leads Ekeler with 1,094 rushing yards and 7 touchdowns in 16 games, alongside 76 receptions for 576 yards.—
Tyler Small,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Blowouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blowouts. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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