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as in excellent
of the very best kind
it's been a bumper year for movies aimed at intelligent adults
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as in huge
unusually large
a bumper crop of pumpkins that year
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Recent Examples of bumper
Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
This will be a bumper quarter for oil and gas shareholders, who have always learned to stick it out through the doldrums for spikey periods like this.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 19 Mar. 2026
There are also four Minilites, some brake rotors, Bilstein shocks, and a fiberglass front bumper.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2026
Studios in Los Angeles, Oscars music director Michael Bearden is running a live orchestra through a selection of bumper music and walk-on/walk-off songs.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Detroit Police Department Police say the suspects drove in a black Ford Fusion with a gray front bumper.
—Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
This will be a bumper quarter for oil and gas shareholders, who have always learned to stick it out through the doldrums for spikey periods like this.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 19 Mar. 2026
There are also four Minilites, some brake rotors, Bilstein shocks, and a fiberglass front bumper.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2026
Studios in Los Angeles, Oscars music director Michael Bearden is running a live orchestra through a selection of bumper music and walk-on/walk-off songs.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bumper
Adjective
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The Horned Frogs had a mix of air raid and veer-and-shoot principles under Briles, but are expected to move more to a pro-style scheme under Sammis, who had excellent success with that style of offense at UConn.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Mar. 2026
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In the pre-show rooms, both real-life actors seen were excellent at interacting with real-life visitors and prerecorded monotone movie stars.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Video from Chopper 2 shows the huge animal lying in the sand at the Queens beach Thursday.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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But, if the goal was to draw attention, the Weather Underground’s bombing campaign was a huge success.—
Zayd Ayers Dohrn,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Police are blocking a lane of traffic to keep a buffer between people and vehicles.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
28 Mar. 2026
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Funds typically have five or more years to deploy committed capital, providing a buffer against short-term market disruption.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But simply naming the great fear and sharing it with the millions of watchers in living rooms and hotels and airport lobbies was a trial almost too painful to contemplate.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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No substitutions for prize except by Sponsor, in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be substituted.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Apr. 2026
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Primarily considered a test mission, Artemis II could represent a giant step toward NASA's goal of returning astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time since the Apollo missions came to an end in 1972.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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Over the past two years, restaurant and takeout costs have climbed at a faster pace than grocery channels, according to consulting giant McKinsey.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
1 Apr. 2026
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Jeep boosted the donor vehicle’s ride height by two inches, equipped it with wider fender flares to accommodate its 33-inch all-terrain tires, and added a custom cooler disguised like an old Apple Macintosh Plus.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
27 Mar. 2026
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Faux-chrome hubcaps and brick outlines resembling fenders decorate the building’s skin; those giant gargoyles on the corners are overscale replicas of radiator-cap hood ornaments.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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There’s a terrific movie buried in a two-and-a-half-hour runtime — which cost him a competition slot at Venice.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
29 Mar. 2026
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Both Pavel Zacha and Elias Lindholm scored two goals apiece and Jeremy Swayman made 31 saves for a terrific win.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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The first time the scorebug appeared, it was accompanied by a gigantic advertisement that significantly increased the amount of space the graphic took up and remained for the entire inning.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
29 Mar. 2026
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Grow the infrastructure at Stockton’s gigantic port.—
Connor Letourneau,
San Francisco Chronicle,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Bumper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bumper. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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