as in to take off
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Recent Examples of blastoff
Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
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
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
The launchpad also was damaged on blastoff — sending debris flying across nearly 400 acres.
—Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
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
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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Once in front of them, James took off his wristband and put it on the child before kneeling down and posing for a picture with her.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Mikko Rantanen fed Cale Makar near the blue line, and Makar zoomed by a pair of defenders.—
Kyle Newman,
The Denver Post,
22 Jan. 2025
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Netflix shares zoomed to new all-time highs Wednesday, to nearly $1,000 per share, after the streaming giant posted strong Q4 subscriber additions and announced a series of new price hikes.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The Trail Blazers’ lead ballooned to as large as 27 points in the second half.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2025
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The immigration court backlog ballooned to more than three million cases at the end of 2024 fiscal year, according to the Congressional Research Service.—
Hamed Aleaziz,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Instead, invest in meaningful connections that uplift, inspire and align with your values.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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The film tackles profound themes but does so in a way that uplifts and entertains.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Blastoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blastoff. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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