breakout

Example Sentences

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Brown wrote the band’s enduring breakout song, “The Distance,” which was the first single off Cake’s second album, “Fashion Nugget.”

From Los Angeles Times

Despite its disappointing end, this season was undoubtedly Maye's breakout campaign.

From Barron's

Arnold wrote Kryptonite, the band's breakout 2000 hit, "in his math class when he was just 15 years old", the statement continued.

From BBC

Such patterns are typically viewed as continuation signals, implying a potential breakout in the direction of the prior trend, which in this case is higher.

From Barron's

Young won her first Grammy last weekend when she picked up Best Pop Performance - for her breakout single Messy.

From BBC