Thesaurus results for MARVEL

marvel

noun

ˈmär-vəl

Definition of marvel

as in miracle

something extraordinary or surprising that new electric car really is a marvel

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Recent Examples of marvel The man responsible for one of the greatest engineering marvels of his time, the 233-mile aqueduct that gave a semiarid region a world-class city, now admitted responsibility for one of the greatest engineering disasters in American history. — Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026 Google goes on to claim that Flock’s ALPRs hold anywhere from two to 23 pounds of copper, which would be an engineering marvel considering the whole device only weighs three pounds. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 5 Aug. 2026 Tucked away in Clegern Place—a historical neighborhood in Edmond, Oklahoma—this 1950s mid-century marvel has been revamped to accommodate families. — Kelsey Mulvey, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2026 These modern marvels use ultraviolet light to kill the bacteria and fungus that create foot odor and uncomfortable conditions such as athlete’s foot. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for marvel

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By the time the snowfall melts, Rukumba is no longer a community but a collection of competing interests each convinced the miracle belongs to them.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 Aug. 2026
History is against Australia flipping this game on its head and claiming a miracle victory.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of miracle

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Janelle Patton, the founder of Lark Interiors, notes that picking out great bedding, towels, and window treatments will work wonders.

— Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 21 Aug. 2026
It’s done wonders for the local economy, and entirely serves the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the surrounding regions.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of wonder

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Unlike circuits that store classical bits, qubits can exhibit strange phenomena like superposition and entanglement that give them extra computational power.

— Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026
Spot-motion puppetry show De Fabeltjeskrant, created by Leen Valkenier, first broadcast in 1968 and went on to become a cultural phenomenon in the Netherlands and Belgium.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026

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