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hotshot

[hot-shot] / ˈhɒtˌʃɒt /


ADJECTIVE
big deal
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NOUN
ham
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England survived its clash with Norway with a virtuoso performance by its 23-year-old hotshot, Jude Bellingham.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

Those institutions were willing to lock up their dollars with hotshot managers for years, giving them authority on how to invest them.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 2, 2026

Top Gun was a breakthrough for Kilmer, who played Iceman, the rival to Cruise's hotshot Maverick at the US Navy's academy for elite fighter pilots.

From BBC Apr. 4, 2025

Forest Service and other hotshot crews, according to the corrections department.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 17, 2025

Next to your name is another name, that of some hotshot law student who’s busy climbing his own ladder.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Diversification isn’t a formality: Since no one knows the winners across the AI ecosystem, your AI exposure should be broad, rather than centered on one or two hotshots.

From MarketWatch Apr. 15, 2026

Her inexperience dealing with industry hotshots and A-list stars was embarrassing.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 2, 2023

Firefighters also sometimes work in teams, often called hotshots, to clear vegetation from the land around a fire to contain and eventually starve it of fuel.

From National Geographic Aug. 10, 2023

Not too long ago, chess-playing computers—the supervillain of many a human grandmaster—were as intimidating physically as they were virtually: bulky, sturdy, sleek, jet-black monoliths in miniature, programmed to crush chess hotshots instead of spurring evolution.

From Slate Jan. 24, 2023

Co-directed by the hotshots Lisenka Heijboer Castañón and Zack Winokur, it contrasts bright white with pitch black, and often dwells in the shades in between.

From New York Times Jul. 29, 2022




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