as in dream
something very good of its kind
the concert concluded with a humdinger of a fireworks display
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Recent Examples of humdinger
The resolute tango between the personal and the practical is a hallmark of a cookbook humdinger.
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Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
5 Mar. 2026
But this $12-a-year deal is a humdinger from Black Friday that's still active.
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Matthew Korfhage,
Wired News,
16 Dec. 2025
Keep an eye on the docket with Lively’s own upcoming summary judgment submission sure to be a humdinger of its own too.
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Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
13 Nov. 2025
Season 3 cranks the tension up to an 11 and ends on a humdinger of a twist.
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Allison Degrushe Published,
EW.com,
15 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for humdinger
Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
5 Mar. 2026
But this $12-a-year deal is a humdinger from Black Friday that's still active.
—
Matthew Korfhage,
Wired News,
16 Dec. 2025
Keep an eye on the docket with Lively’s own upcoming summary judgment submission sure to be a humdinger of its own too.
—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
13 Nov. 2025
Season 3 cranks the tension up to an 11 and ends on a humdinger of a twist.
—
Allison Degrushe Published,
EW.com,
15 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for humdinger
Recent Examples of Synonyms for humdinger
Noun
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With so much else to rebuild, a baseball season in 2026 seemed like more than a dream.
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Their dream houses have ocean views, swimming pools and four or more bedrooms, which may be hard to find.
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There’s nothing more satisfying than a poolside lunch or candlelit dinner on the beach, where your three courses total up to less than 600 calories and are still doing your brain, beauty, and microbiome good.
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All of our differences, all of our uniqueness, that’s the beauty, ya’ll.
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But these two put on a doozy last night, a 5-4 Red Sox win in extras that saw a near no-hitter, an emotional comeback, an ejection on a check-swing call and a walk-off.
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Then came the real doozy in Saturday night's Game 3 when the Golden Knights led 4-0 well into the third period before the Hurricanes scored three goals in a record 39 seconds.
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Of course all the business between Patricia and the Boogeyman is just an excuse for Widow’s Bay to stage a corker of a send-up of 1978’s Halloween and slasher movies of its ilk.
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Still, the opening episode is a corker.
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For children, the backyard is a place of wonder, suitable for imaginative play of all types.
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These wonders can grow as strange, twisted bushes or as giant, spindly trees.
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Durica said the event that shaped the world leaves behind much more than a board game and a marvel of engineering.
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The Amazing Race is a program that used to win this category year over year, and is considered a production marvel.
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Obviously, there are rooftoppers that hail from all over the planet, so perhaps young generations with nothing left to lose are a universal phenomenon nowadays.
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Either dark energy is a real phenomenon, causing the universe to grow bigger at a faster and faster rate, or there is no dark energy at all, and scientists have somehow misunderstood the laws of gravity at cosmic scales.
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As for the performance T-shirts in the lineup, the oversized, moisture-wicking beauts are meant to turn heads in their color-happy Turmeric iteration.
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For example, avocados are high in fiber, with half of one of those beauts having five grams of fiber.
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“Humdinger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humdinger. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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