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 This was performance at its peak, a marvel to behold of an artist who helped build hip-hop as an institution while adding to the story still being written. — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026 The fact that Drew still gazed upon my more than half-a-century-old, decidedly not-hot physique with love and desire was a marvel and a gift. — Diana Daniele, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 Don’t miss this cinematic marvel that must be experienced on the big screen! — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2026 Frances marvels at how quickly people are radicalized online, how the machine essentially transforms them from one type of individual to another. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for marvel

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Noun

At this point, their winning one or two games would seem like a miracle.

— David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Maybe that could explain some of the college basketball versions of a miracle that have crossed over to Villanova.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of miracle

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Where Gulliver’s Travels is filled with wonder and strangeness, Robinson Crusoe is a novel of schedules, organizational planning, and economic strategizing.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
Huber wonders if, without the buffer, a storm could wash mud into the parking lot behind Undercurrent.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of wonder

Noun

Most of the cases his office examined involved ordinary objects or phenomena that sensors were not designed to recognize.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
Quantum computers use quantum bits, or qubits, which can exploit phenomena such as superposition and entanglement to perform certain calculations in fundamentally different ways.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026

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