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Recent Examples of blastoff
Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2023
Psyche received a booming blastoff from the Falcon Heavy rocket, with 27 kerosene-burning engines providing an initial boost out of the atmosphere.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2023
Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
The studio’s latest boasts a promising premise, following a little boy who accidentally blasts off into space, stumbles into a Federation-like league of planets, and becomes official ambassador to Earth.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
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Noun
An anthology of 11 stories, The Devil’s Cut was an 88-page blastoff that sold out of the more than 50,000 copies at the distributor level, landing it among the top-selling books of August.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2023
Psyche received a booming blastoff from the Falcon Heavy rocket, with 27 kerosene-burning engines providing an initial boost out of the atmosphere.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2023
Verb
In a perfect and parsimonious world, a single two-stage spacecraft would land on Mars, scoop up soil samples in situ, and transfer them to an ascent stage which would blast off into orbit.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
The studio’s latest boasts a promising premise, following a little boy who accidentally blasts off into space, stumbles into a Federation-like league of planets, and becomes official ambassador to Earth.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blastoff
Noun
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The meme coin’s developers have limited the supply of $TRUMP to 200 million coins at launch before expanding the overall supply to 1 billion over the next three years, according to the coin’s website.—
Ty Roush,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Here’s to the week ahead, and don’t hesitate to reach out with comments, questions, feedback, joy, or news of a rocket launch in your future.—
Peter Green,
Quartz,
19 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Those were the remnants of a test flight that took off from Boca Chica, Texas at 5:37 p.m.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
18 Jan. 2025
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By 2015, the oud trend hit its stride with 275 launches, and oud took off again in 2019 with 397 launches.—
Sable Yong,
Allure,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Despite the political headwinds, the Sunshine State is zooming ahead in EV adoption with more than 300,000 passenger EVs registered, and 467 electric school buses deployed.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
7 Jan. 2025
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Amid the continued success of its third installment, Paramount Pictures’ Sonic the Hedgehog feature franchise has zoomed past $1B at the worldwide box office.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
5 Jan. 2025
Verb
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In the 10 games before Wednesday’s matchup against the Bucks, his scoring average ballooned to 29.8 points per game on 49.3 percent shooting.—
Eric Nehm,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
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The price tag of building a viewing platform for D.C.'s mayor and bigwigs attending the inaugural parade has ballooned to $1.5 million.—
Cuneyt Dil,
Axios,
8 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Their projects will also become part of the organization’s permanent collection, furthering its commitment to uplifting misrepresented voices.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
15 Jan. 2025
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Barger said Trump’s visit would uplift the local community suffering from the wildfire’s damage.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
12 Jan. 2025
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“Blastoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blastoff. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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