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  • present participle of smash.
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smashing

[smash-ing] / ˈsmæʃ ɪŋ /






















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Nonfarm payrolls surged by 172,000, smashing expectations of just 88,000, while the U-3 unemployment rate held steady at 4.3%.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

"You have a lot of pop-dance crossover acts now that are really smashing it," she says.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

And it was a smashing success, not only politically, but substantively as well.

From Salon • May 14, 2026

Earnings per share surged to $0.42, nearly doubling last year’s $0.22 and smashing expectations of around $0.08.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

There was a brief silence in which the distant echo of Hagrid smashing down a wooden front door seemed to reverberate through the intervening years.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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