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blockbuster

[blok-buhs-ter] / ˈblɒkˌbʌs tər /
NOUN
depth charge
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Gen. Rob Bonta, she helped build the state’s blockbuster case against Meta, which ended with a landmark $17-billion settlement in August.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Supreme Court accepted what is sure to be the blockbuster case of its 2026-2027 term.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

“I don’t think we will see a blockbuster jobs report on Friday.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Armstong eventually confessed to cheating in a blockbuster interview with talk show host Oprah Winfrey.

From BBC ● Oct. 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

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

Apted went on to become a big name in Hollywood, directing blockbusters including James Bond's The World Is Not Enough, but he always returned to the show and said it was his most significant achievement.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

The film industry rode blockbusters like Spider Man and The Odyssey to a record for domestic ticket sales, Rentrak preliminary data show.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 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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