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blockbuster

[blok-buhs-ter] / ˈblɒkˌbʌs tər /
NOUN
depth charge
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Surging consumer demand for blockbuster weight-loss drugs helped offset their declining prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Wall Street is expecting a profit of $2.18 a share, down 3% from last year, on sales of $95 billion, up less than 1%, not exactly a blockbuster.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

The New Zealander, who starred as Dr Alan Grant in the 1993 blockbuster "Jurassic Park", revealed in a 2023 memoir he was "possibly dying" with stage-three non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Merck, a powerhouse in cancer with its blockbuster Keytruda soon going off patent, would be a logical buyer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

As Chauncey Burr continued a lecture tour west into Cleveland, Ohio, he readied Ruth’s blockbuster confession for release.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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