variants
or doozie
also doozer
as in dream
something very good of its kind
you don't make mistakes very often, but when you do, it's a real doozy
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Recent Examples of doozy
The Illini may have bigger goals, but this one was a doozy to get through.
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Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Illinois outclasses Houston The night’s final game was a doozy.
—Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Pronunciation guide Yeah, this one’s a doozy.
—R.j. Coyle, Dallas Morning News, 13 Mar. 2026
And the next one should be a doozy, a deal that’s expected to hike his cap number from $9 million this season to $18 million or $19 million going forward.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
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Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Illinois outclasses Houston The night’s final game was a doozy.
—Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Pronunciation guide Yeah, this one’s a doozy.
—R.j. Coyle, Dallas Morning News, 13 Mar. 2026
And the next one should be a doozy, a deal that’s expected to hike his cap number from $9 million this season to $18 million or $19 million going forward.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doozy
Noun
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The coffee shop seemed so long ago now, so far away, as if something out of a dream.—
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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Derek Muller, an election law expert, suggests that scenario is little more than a fever dream of doomsday devotees and overly nervous Nellies.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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To cater to this rising demographic, legacy brands need to up their game, as fashion and beauty players capitalize on the marathon opportunity.—
Madeleine Schulz,
Vogue,
30 Apr. 2026
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Welcome to Latest & Greatest, a franchise that celebrates all the shiniest new beauty launches of the month and informs you what’s worth your time and cash.—
Gina Vaynshteyn,
StyleCaster,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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For the anti-capitalist cognoscenti, McKenzie’s press tour for Everyone Is Lying to You for Money has been a real humdinger.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
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The resolute tango between the personal and the practical is a hallmark of a cookbook humdinger.—
Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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No wonder the looks still read fresh and modern despite two decades having passed since its debut.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
30 Apr. 2026
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And the Lakers need their not-quite-ageless wonder to be at least great to beat these Houston Rockets one more time.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Festival season is upon us, with four long-running events returning this weekend to Cupertino, San Jose and Half Moon Bay for fans of culture, music and mechanical marvels.—
Linda Zavoral,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
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The Emperor’s battle arena, for example, is a marvel of moody set design, its barbarity brought to life by the throngs of people crowding to watch the action from atop its grated roof.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
22 Apr. 2026
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Scientists can draw on it to identify and study 100,000 exoplanets, hundreds of millions of galaxies, billions of stars, and rare objects and phenomena — including some that astronomers have never witnessed before.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 May 2026
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Wadie Abunassar, the coordinator of the Holy Land Christian Forum, called attacks targeting Christians a growing phenomenon.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
1 May 2026
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And although this recipe calls for the instant version of Cream of Wheat, using the regular will yield a pancake with a bit more of the very light crunch that won these beauts so many fans.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 Feb. 2026
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The only thing that separates this heavy-duty, 100-percent cotton beaut from its Barbour counterparts?—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
26 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Still, the opening episode is a corker.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
9 Apr. 2026
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The brainy story pits 007 against two of his most fearsome adversaries: Robert Shaw's stocky hitman Red Grant, whose Orient Express showdown is a slow-burn corker, and Bertolt Brecht veteran Lotte Lenya (of ''Mack the Knife'' fame) as unforgettable shoe-dagger-wielding Rosa Klebb.—
Chris Nashawaty,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Doozy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doozy. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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