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as in success
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 whale
something that is unusually large and powerful
a blockbuster of a fighter plane
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Recent Examples of blockbuster
However, the team did make one truly significant offseason move, swinging a blockbuster trade to add Miami Marlins starter Jesus Luzardo to an already strong rotation.
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Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
In reality, that inaugural trade deadline was the start of a series of aggressive, smart and crafty roster moves over the last 14 months — including a blockbuster trade, savvy draft selections and efficient free agency signings — that have put the Charge on the doorstep of a league title.
—Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 22 May 2025
The Panthers’ star winger, wrapping up his first season with his new team after the blockbuster trade a summer earlier sent him to Florida from the Calgary Flames, put up a Herculean effort in the series — a four-game Panthers sweep — on the way to reaching the Stanley Cup Final.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 20 May 2025
While predecessors like The Godfather and The Exorcist drew theater lines around the block through word-of-mouth, Jaws was the one for which the term summer blockbuster was coined.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 20 May 2025
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Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
In reality, that inaugural trade deadline was the start of a series of aggressive, smart and crafty roster moves over the last 14 months — including a blockbuster trade, savvy draft selections and efficient free agency signings — that have put the Charge on the doorstep of a league title.
—Hailey Salvian, New York Times, 22 May 2025
The Panthers’ star winger, wrapping up his first season with his new team after the blockbuster trade a summer earlier sent him to Florida from the Calgary Flames, put up a Herculean effort in the series — a four-game Panthers sweep — on the way to reaching the Stanley Cup Final.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 20 May 2025
While predecessors like The Godfather and The Exorcist drew theater lines around the block through word-of-mouth, Jaws was the one for which the term summer blockbuster was coined.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blockbuster
Noun
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Ole Miss had success against Root for the second time this season.—
Matt Jones,
Arkansas Online,
24 May 2025
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There is an even spread of success and failure, of ethnicities and inherited dysfunction, along with a predictable checklist of social problems endemic to deprivation.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
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Horrifying images of dead albatrosses with clusters of colorful plastic spilling from their bodies, turtles eating plastic bags and whales entangled in plastic fishing nets are testament to how this pollution is affecting marine life.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
23 May 2025
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Warming oceans bleach coral reefs, disrupt monsoons, and alter migratory routes of birds, whales, and butterflies.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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Not for attention, approbation, another hit of dopamine.—
Colin Fleming,
New York Daily News,
26 May 2025
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The Bruins managed just four hits and were shut out for just the second time this season.—
Staff,
Oc Register,
26 May 2025
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Now, as a Wall Street giant suddenly flips from gold to bitcoin, the bitcoin price is braced for a huge week that will see U.S. president Donald Trump’s vice president JD Vance speak alongside Trump’s crypto czar David Sacks at the Bitcoin 2025 conference.—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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The gas giant's influential place in shaping our solar system is what intrigued the researchers to take a closer look it it.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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The message of Bring Her Back may be that grief is the real monster.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
30 May 2025
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But what’s interesting here is that Armstrong doesn’t write Venis as a one-dimensional monster.—
Andrew Wallenstein,
Variety,
28 May 2025
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In it, actors including Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali face off against some of the most terrifying dinosaurs ever featured in the franchise.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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The team brought in an animatronic dinosaur from China, which had to be durable enough to use for stunts when Ellie climbs on top of it.—
Matt Minton,
Variety,
19 May 2025
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Colossal has said their vision of restoring the woolly mammoth would not only prove that a massive extinct animal can be brought back but that the mammoth, if it could be reinserted into the Arctic region, would improve the ecosystem and help combat global warming.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2025
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At about nine feet tall at the shoulder and seven tons, Mammut were a little shorter and stockier-looking than mammoths.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Blockbuster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blockbuster. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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