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blockbuster

[blok-buhs-ter] / ˈblɒkˌbʌs tər /
NOUN
depth charge
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Discovery — the latest international agency to find the blockbuster combination of TV channels and historic film studios wouldn’t dampen competition.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Holland became one of the anchors of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Spider-Man and also led the videogame blockbuster “Uncharted” in 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

But what turned a summer blockbuster into an IMAX-sized lightning rod?

From Slate Aug. 3, 2026

The tepid performance came even after a blockbuster day on Wall Street, where Amazon surged more than 15 percent as it posted forecast-busting quarterly profits and revenue increases.

From Barron's Aug. 3, 2026

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

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Roche’s purchase of Genentech was a triumph, securing control of such cancer blockbusters as Avastin and Herceptin.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

But is it really worth seeing these blockbusters in Imax?

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

It was the latest in a long line of Hollywood blockbusters to have been filmed in the city in recent years.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

And even though he starred in one of Hollywood’s hugest blockbusters, it takes a certain kind of confidence to share the spotlight with a dinosaur.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 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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