as in dream
something very good of its kind
the concert concluded with a humdinger of a fireworks display
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Recent Examples of humdinger
He’s got a mullet, too — a real humdinger, with stringy long strands in the back that don’t connect in any way with the short mop on top.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Jan. 2024
The material was mostly wooden, with a lot of knee slappers and humdingers.
—Simon Shuster, TIME, 4 Jan. 2024
Kari Voutilainen’s wristwatches are among the hardest to come by, and yet Phillips has just put one of his horological humdingers up for sale via its London boutique.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 June 2023
Segel dropped trou on the big screen 15 years ago in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and his humdinger has made the news several times since.
—Andy Crump, Men's Health, 21 Apr. 2023
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Jan. 2024
The material was mostly wooden, with a lot of knee slappers and humdingers.
—Simon Shuster, TIME, 4 Jan. 2024
Kari Voutilainen’s wristwatches are among the hardest to come by, and yet Phillips has just put one of his horological humdingers up for sale via its London boutique.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 June 2023
Segel dropped trou on the big screen 15 years ago in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and his humdinger has made the news several times since.
—Andy Crump, Men's Health, 21 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for humdinger
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Fall asleep and dream about being slowly forced, as if by some mechanized peristalsis, through the digestive tract of a huge synthetic worm that then deposits me into a lightless industrial kitchen.Jay Katsir, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
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Mercurial, vengeful and fixated on forming a safe space for Mormons, Brigham Young stops at nothing to see his dream realized.Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
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Our staff and testers A beauty product is a personal purchase.Jamie Ballard, Allure, 2 Jan. 2025
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Photographed on December 29, the musician and beauty mogul was spotted in a vintage, tricolor brown Oscar De La Renta fur hat—sourced from vintage boutique My Haute Wardrobe.Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2025
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Even by Cowboys standards, though, the 2024 season was a doozy.Saad Yousuf, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Tortorella delivered another doozy on Friday after being asked about facing the Philadelphia Flyers' former draft pick Cutter Gauthier in Saturday afternoon's date with the Anaheim Ducks.Sean Treppedi, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
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Styled by Max Ortega September 3, 2024 HIGH AND MIGHTY Understatement has its merits, but so too does a bolt of pure whimsy—just ask model Abby Champion (near right) and her corker of a Stefan Cooke hat; stefancooke.co.uk.Sean Thomas, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2024
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Understatement has its merits, but so too does a bolt of pure whimsy—just ask model Abby Champion (near right) and her corker of a Stefan Cooke hat; stefancooke.co.uk.Sean Thomas, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2024
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Defence Mattias Ekholm — 91 The veteran defenceman remains a marvel on defence for the Oilers.Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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The human brain is a biological marvel, stuffed with some 86 billion neurons tangling in ways that even scientists have not yet been able to fully map and understand.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
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The night sky will reveal stunning sights such as the craters of the Moon, the majestic rings of Saturn, the swirling bands of Jupiter, and other astronomical wonders.Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
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To the boy wonder of American capitalism, the estate represented much more than an investment, though.Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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The key to this phenomenon is that the video participants don’t know they are being captured for posterity.Michael Ashley, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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In 2020, Baena wrote, directed, and produced Horse Girl, an offbeat psychological drama starring Brie as an odd introvert who experiences a series of inexplicable phenomena.Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 4 Jan. 2025
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Kitsch makes some of our favorites, and this gold beaut is a 2023 Best of Beauty winner.Annie Blackman, Allure, 17 Sep. 2024
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All hues look fabulous in photos and the long-wearing, crease-proof claims are true, too—these beauts simply do not budge.Deanna Pai and Sarah Han, Allure, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Humdinger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humdinger. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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