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blockbuster

[blok-buhs-ter] / ˈblɒkˌbʌs tər /
NOUN
depth charge
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After swinging from victory to victory, the Tom Holland and Zendaya-led blockbuster caught second place this weekend, bringing in another $8.4 million, for a global total of $2.45 billion over its seven weeks in cinemas.

From Barron's Sep. 13, 2026

Garrett was acquired in a blockbuster trade that married the NFL’s best defensive player with its best team, and his arrival understandably led Donald back into pads.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

Last week, Nvidia reported blockbuster second-quarter earnings results, which led to the company achieving its largest one-day market-capitalization gain on record.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

The manager was the key factor in this blockbuster deal with Maresca keen to reunite with his former Chelsea skipper.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

It was almost like watching the plan beamed straight from his brain onto the screen of a blockbuster movie.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

These drugs are highly complex medicines manufactured inside living cells and often end up being multibillion-dollar blockbusters for drug companies.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 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

But while the festival may lack mass-market blockbusters, there is no shortage of larger-than-life subjects, with films about Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch and the volatile Gallagher brothers from the Britpop band Oasis on the calendar.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

A swath of other summer blockbusters would be released alongside them; A “Spider-Man” here, a “Mission: Impossible” there.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

His romantic novels such as The Last of the Mohicans were literary blockbusters.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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