smashing
Example Sentences
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Revenue for the quarter reached $23.9 billion, smashing expectations of $20 billion, and up 196% on the year.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
"The problem is when impressionable 18-year-olds see people bone smashing and extreme looksmaxxing, it definitely does have a negative effect on their perception of what they should look like."
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
A major heat wave kicked off in the Southland on Thursday with temperatures predicted to soar 25 degrees above normal, smashing records across Los Angeles and bringing a high risk of heat-related illness.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
"It was a really tough one - Katie, the first set she was smashing every ball and hitting a winner everywhere," Paolini told Sky Sports.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026
All day at school, when Liyana described the scene of Sitti’s bathroom smashing, the chips of ceramic and waterlogged rooms, her classmates shrugged.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
