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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
Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
Police say there will be slight to moderate damage to the front bumper.
—Austen Erblat, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2025
Bumper-to-bumper extended car warranty Bumper-to-bumper coverage is a comprehensive extended car warranty that covers nearly all your car’s core systems and components.
—Alora Bopray, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025
The sturdy bumper and water-resistant handle help reduce playground chaos.
—PC Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Linda’s efforts to grab the hamster in the passenger seat of her car and forcefully put it in the box are thwarted when a vehicle rams into her bumper.
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But the Red Sox destroyed and ended their relationship with their only true power hitter and proven winner for a player who, though an undeniably excellent addition, was here for 117 total games.—
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Transition metal fluorides are widely regarded as promising cathode materials because of their high theoretical voltages and excellent thermal stability.—
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At the center of all the glitzy havoc—her face often looming on a huge flat screen that rolls around the stage, following actors like a hulking LED stalker—is of course Chenoweth.—
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Todd also had a huge sack in the fourth quarter.—
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The facility’s noise would be capped at 75 decibels, with a 50-foot buffer recommended to limit impacts to the surrounding community.—
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The robot picks unsorted bearing rings and places them onto a buffer table.—
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The country's greatest resource is not oil beneath the ground, but people--inside and outside the country--who still care deeply about its future.—
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Newsom is certainly right that California is a great state and an economic engine unmatched by other states.—
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The cybersecurity landscape right now is rife with opportunity and anxiety, particularly for giant companies that are trying to find their way in a world with a rapidly expanding threat landscape that far surpasses just humans.—
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Those giant snow piles in some parking lots won't be going anywhere anytime soon, but most of the snow is gone from your yard.—
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One car’s wheels have been removed; another sports a mangled fender.—
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The view from behind the wheel is impressive, where the driver sees finger-thin A-pillars at either side of the broad windshield that overlooks two iconic fenders, a comically short dash, five true analog gauges, and little else.—
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Special mention must be made of the in-room minibars, which are terrific, and so extensive that they are contained not within a single small fridge but an entire chest of drawers.—
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Lenert made a terrific save on a solid strike by JSerra midfielder Carter Biondolillo, with Lenert diving to his left to make the crucial stop in the second half.—
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There’s also a massive leg lumbering in the distance which could be a Sentinel, the gigantic, mutant-hunting robots that are some of X-Men’s most iconic villains.—
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Chaplin holds many vestiges of its former ownership, from an old saw mill and furnace from when Chaplin was making his films, to his footsteps, to a gigantic set of muppet eyes overlooking the soundstage room.—
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“Bumper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bumper. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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