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Recent Examples of blastoff
Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2023
Psyche received a booming blastoff from the Falcon Heavy rocket, with 27 kerosene-burning engines providing an initial boost out of the atmosphere.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2023
CBS News, 20 July 2024
Most recently, Boeing has faced scrutiny over its aerospace division and its Starliner, which faced technical difficulties after blasting off to space in June and left its two astronauts in space waiting to be picked up by a company rival's spacecraft.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 8 Sep. 2024
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Noun
An anthology of 11 stories, The Devil’s Cut was an 88-page blastoff that sold out of the more than 50,000 copies at the distributor level, landing it among the top-selling books of August.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2023
Psyche received a booming blastoff from the Falcon Heavy rocket, with 27 kerosene-burning engines providing an initial boost out of the atmosphere.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2023
Verb
This core stage will get a pair of strap-on boosters at Kennedy before blasting off in September 2025 — at the earliest — with three U.S. astronauts and one Canadian.
—CBS News, 20 July 2024
Most recently, Boeing has faced scrutiny over its aerospace division and its Starliner, which faced technical difficulties after blasting off to space in June and left its two astronauts in space waiting to be picked up by a company rival's spacecraft.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 8 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blastoff
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Selling, general, and administrative expenses increased to $6.95 million from $6.20 million, primarily due to commercial launch activities and additional personnel in the commercial team.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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More than 80 percent of the launches don’t carry government payloads.Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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In 2010, Apple introduced the iPad, and the tablet market took off.Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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If these projects take off, the future of aviation could look a lot like what was promised all those years ago in The Jetsons.New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Nov. 2024
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The new issue is one of several the aging vehicle has faced in recent months, but Voyager’s team keeps finding creative solutions so the storied explorer can zoom along on its cosmic journey through uncharted territory.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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Adjusted net income zoomed to $1.45 per share, up from $1.09 in the year-ago quarter.Dade Hayes, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
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Internet Explorer was then integrated into the Windows operating system, and by the end of 2000, its usage share ballooned to 84%.Mark Tauschek, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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But this strategy hadn’t led to markedly higher living standards for the majority of the population, and government indebtedness had ballooned.John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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Watch on Deadline Erivo launched Edith’s Daughter in 2020 with the mission of making content that uplifts, normalizes and expresses the beauty of people who are often overlooked and underrepresented.Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
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Last week, Harris announced a proposal focused on uplifting Latinos, which included eliminating unnecessary degree requirements for federal jobs, offering forgivable loans of up to $20,000 to entrepreneurs and increasing Latino homeownership.Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Blastoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blastoff. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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