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blockbuster

[blok-buhs-ter] / ˈblɒkˌbʌs tər /
NOUN
depth charge
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The retreat comes about a month ahead of Anthropic’s planned blockbuster IPO as investors take a more critical look at companies seeking to ride the AI wave via a public listing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

But in short order, Cohn’s New York Magazine article was adapted into “Saturday Night Fever,” a blockbuster film and one of the bestselling albums of all time.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

Half a century later, Saint - by then in her early 80s - made a big screen comeback as Superman's adoptive mother in the 2006 blockbuster Superman Returns.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

So, since that “Odyssey” contract was trading at 50 cents on Kalshi as of Monday afternoon, that means the market believes Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster has a 50% chance of winning.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

It is hard to say how much to chalk up to AI, rather than longer-running trends like the decline of newspapers, record sales and Hollywood blockbusters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Film fans have had plenty of chances to spot Glasgow on the big screen in recent years, from superhero blockbusters to futuristic sci-fi thrillers.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Cancer immunotherapies like Keytruda and rival drug Opdivo are some of the other major blockbusters set to lose patent protection this decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 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

Ever since the 1930s, Pinewood had been home to movies ranging from early Alfred Hitchcock mysteries to massive Star Wars blockbusters.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti




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