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blockbuster

[blok-buhs-ter] / ˈblɒkˌbʌs tər /
NOUN
depth charge
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A particularly egregious example that my husband loves to revisit happened after we had just gotten out of an advance screening of “Avengers: Endgame,” the 2019 blockbuster.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Another major test for the market this fall: The IPO calendar is expected to heat up, with at least one blockbuster offering, from Anthropic, and other high-profile names expected to list, as well.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

That was the year, after going all-in with blockbuster moves before and late in the season, the Rams won Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

Their blockbuster marked the first time two women headlined the storied New York venue.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

Imagine a blockbuster movie about a world united in battle against Nazi oppression.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Apted went on to become a big name in Hollywood, directing blockbusters including James Bond's The World Is Not Enough, but he always returned to the show and said it was his most significant achievement.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

These drugs are highly complex medicines manufactured inside living cells and often end up being multibillion-dollar blockbusters for drug companies.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

If these therapies become blockbusters, the diagnostic companies doing that sequencing could hold a lucrative tollbooth on every dose.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

But while the festival may lack mass-market blockbusters, there is no shortage of larger-than-life subjects, with films about Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch and the volatile Gallagher brothers from the Britpop band Oasis on the calendar.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

His romantic novels such as The Last of the Mohicans were literary blockbusters.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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