as in suspenser
something (as a close contest) that induces much suspense as to its outcome
those television awards are hardly thrillers since the same people win year after year
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Recent Examples of thriller
Based on the Ruth Ware novel, the seabound thriller stars Keira Knightley as a journalist invited on a luxury yacht for her latest assignment.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
The international audience award went to Park Chan-wook’s economic thriller No Other Choice, which despite losing out in Venice remains a potential Oscar play, and Joachim Trier’s Cannes champ Sentimental Value, considered one of the non-English-language frontrunners of this year’s award season.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
Here, the Pats punched back, surviving five lead changes in a 33-27 thriller.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
The thriller was filmed in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky in spring 2017, and released in October 2018, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
—Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
The international audience award went to Park Chan-wook’s economic thriller No Other Choice, which despite losing out in Venice remains a potential Oscar play, and Joachim Trier’s Cannes champ Sentimental Value, considered one of the non-English-language frontrunners of this year’s award season.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
Here, the Pats punched back, surviving five lead changes in a 33-27 thriller.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
The thriller was filmed in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky in spring 2017, and released in October 2018, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
—Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thriller
suspenser
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Directed by Nelicia Low, the suspenser follows a young fencer struggling with keeping his secret crush on a fellow fencer from his homophobic mother.—
Vivienne Chow,
Variety,
17 May 2022
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On the other hand, the story introduces fictional characters and elements that give it the air of a suspenser, exactly the sort for which Harris is so popular.—
Frank Scheck,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Jan. 2022
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“Thriller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thriller. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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