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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
Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2025
Made of thick vinyl material that slips into a machine-washable cover, these portable bed bumpers anchor in place with the child's weight.
—Ramona Saviss, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2025
The bumper is made of thermoplastic elastomer and is slightly raised (though not enough to adequately protect the screen).
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2025
But, in the middle of dress rehearsal, one of the bumpers had fallen off.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Canada will start with Makar up top, MacKinnon and Connor McDavid on the flanks, Sam Reinhart in the bumper spot and Crosby in front of the net.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2025
Made of thick vinyl material that slips into a machine-washable cover, these portable bed bumpers anchor in place with the child's weight.
—Ramona Saviss, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2025
The bumper is made of thermoplastic elastomer and is slightly raised (though not enough to adequately protect the screen).
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2025
But, in the middle of dress rehearsal, one of the bumpers had fallen off.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bumper
Adjective
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After an excellent debut, Nikki Glaser has unsurprisingly been tapped to host the Golden Globes again.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
13 Mar. 2025
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Few beauty tools offer as excellent lifting benefits as the best gua sha tools.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
13 Mar. 2025
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The Atlanta Braves suffered a huge hit to the roster last season when their ace Spencer Strider went down with a torn UCL.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
17 Mar. 2025
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Watching this film will be huge, and then Coach getting on our (butts) will be big for us.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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And don't forget to tend to your emergency savings, given that having a cash buffer can help in times of financial stress and keep you from raiding your retirement account, noted Transamerica's Collinson.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2025
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Another option that offers even more downside protection are buffer ETFs, which help investors to potentially avoid substantial losses, capping downside risk via options.—
Anna Gleason,
CNBC,
16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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So, if the audience doesn’t dismiss it on account of the language barrier (as in subtitles), then that would be great.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Sykes said Danaher’s initial cost savings announced in the company’s most recent 10-K filing could lead to potentially greater margins in 2025 and 2026.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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She’s accompanied by Cosmo, a robot with a giant cartoon head and the soulful eyes of someone—or something—that might be more than just a machine.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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The surviving robots, meanwhile, got sent to a giant prison colony somewhere in the deserts of the American Southwest.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The lifelong motorcycle enthusiast showed Vanity Fair her lavender-colored Harley-Davidson decorated with white daisies on the fenders.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
26 Feb. 2025
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Riley Herbst: Faded Promise On Lap 33, Herbst pitted to address a left-front fender rub caused by contact with Connor Zilisch.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In less than 25 minutes, Jarrett provided a terrific start to what the Bears could market as a fun tear-off calendar of one-a-day Gradyisms.—
Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
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There's Connie Britton...Dan [Stevens] was terrific.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Then try Wilmot’s Warehouse, a strangely cheerful take on working in a gigantic storage warehouse.—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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Explaining this, the paper proposes that the gigantic impact which formed the roughly 1,600 mile (2,500 kilometers) wide SPA basin around 4.2 billion years ago modified the chemical and physical properties of the moon's mantle in this region.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Bumper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bumper. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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