stunner
Americannoun
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a person or thing that stuns.
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Informal. a person or thing of striking excellence, beauty, achievement, etc.
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Example Sentences
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Shortly after, cinematographer Pat Scola’s overhead view of a makeshift cemetery is a stunner.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026
A stunner, to say the least, and another reminder that sports aren’t just unpredictable, but ruthless.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
Pulled off a stunner of his own to end England's fightback.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025
Netflix has four movies arriving during the awards season window — the meditative stunner “Train Dreams,” Katherine Bigelow’s riveting, ticking-clock thriller “A House of Dynamite,” the George Clooney meta-charmer “Jay Kelly” and “Frankenstein.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025
The stunner has a pneumatic-powered ‘gun’ that fires a steel bolt about seven inches long and the diameter of a fat pencil.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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