breakout

Example Sentences

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The breakout star of the celebrity summer-movie circuit is a wrinkly green puppet.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The song became a breakout single for the duo and peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard U.S. dance club songs chart, with The Times calling “It Takes Two” “the rage of the rap underground.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Adam Brody, “Nobody Wants This” “Another nomination is coming for one, if not both, of the ‘Only Murders in the Building’ guys, but I think ‘Shrinking’s’ breakout season puts Jason Segel a bit above them.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

This week, it successfully retested the May breakout level, producing a bullish hammer Tuesday.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

"But he was planning a breakout, wasn't he?"

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda