whiz-bang
Example Sentences
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Luis Hernandez, a Geely salesman, said he has poached many longtime Ford and Chevrolet owners attracted to the affordable sticker prices and whiz-bang Chinese technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
This might not be the last test where Beijing leans on its strength in work-a-day industrial semiconductors while Silicon Valley is entranced by whiz-bang artificial-intelligence-driven breakthroughs, though.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025
“The Phantom Menace” left no doubt of that, revealing Lucas to be less of some space opera guru than a guy more skilled at whiz-bang effects than character development or thoughtful exposition.
From Salon ● May 25, 2024
“The Terraformers” is thick with space travel, whiz-bang technology and radical re-envisioning of intra-species relationships, but Newitz’s concerns are earth-bound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2023
I guess I hadn’t understood what it meant to be a whiz-bang.
From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz
