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blockbuster

[blok-buhs-ter] / ˈblɒkˌbʌs tər /
NOUN
depth charge
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Belle Burden’s blockbuster memoir “Strangers,” now in its ninth printing, has sparked a personal-finance reckoning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Ask people for a recent mahjong cultural reference and chances are they’ll cite 2018’s “Crazy Rich Asians,” the blockbuster that shone a Baccarat chandelier on Singapore’s 0.1%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Iger determined that Disney was cranking out too many TV shows and made-for-streaming movies, many of which didn’t live up to the company’s high standards of quality and diluted its blockbuster franchises.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

The incident marks the second time the blockbuster game developer has been hacked.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Imagine a blockbuster movie about a world united in battle against Nazi oppression.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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