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blockbuster

[blok-buhs-ter] / ˈblɒkˌbʌs tər /
NOUN
depth charge
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The Wall Street reaction to the blockbuster Nvidia news is to wonder about who would succeed Jensen Huang if he were to be forced out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

Anthropic had been expected to begin pitching its blockbuster IPO this week, according to reports.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

Just 60 days after his comeback tournament was ended in a late-night New York blockbuster against Ben Shelton, Carlos Alcaraz took his revenge.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

The Prime Video series, which debuts the first four episodes of Season 3 on Nov. 11, operates at a blockbuster scale, sometimes shooting as many as four production units simultaneously.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

It would be the first traveling blockbuster art exhibition in history.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

The film's producer, Namit Malhotra, heads visual-effects company DNEG, which has worked on Hollywood blockbusters including Dune and Interstellar.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

An interesting mix of about a half dozen blockbusters and indies also seem like good bets, while at least three of the 10 slots are fully up for grabs.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

Jing, 38, has headlined blockbusters in both China and Hollywood, starring opposite Matt Damon in “The Great Wall” and appearing in “Kong: Skull Island” and “Pacific Rim Uprising.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 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

Those dozen blockbusters are the cereals wheat, corn, rice, barley, and sorghum; the pulse soybean; the roots or tubers potato, manioc, and sweet potato; the sugar sources sugarcane and sugar beet; and the fruit banana.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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