as in miracle
something extraordinary or surprising
that new electric car really is a marvel
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Recent Examples of marvel
Every little yellow plastic rectangle represents a genuine technological marvel.
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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2025
Del Toro is enormously beloved and the movie is a marvel of the kind of craft Oscar has always loved, or at least used to love.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 26 Dec. 2025
Clint Bentley, directing a script adapted from a Denis Johnson novella of the same name, marvels at the beauty of the American wilderness, even as it is radically transformed by industrialization and technological change.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 24 Dec. 2025
The interiors, dim but comfortable-looking, are full of plants and lumpy leather furniture; the exteriors are a ramshackle marvel, with red-brick arches, a long upper-story deck, and greenery spilling out in every direction.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2025
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Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2025
Del Toro is enormously beloved and the movie is a marvel of the kind of craft Oscar has always loved, or at least used to love.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 26 Dec. 2025
Clint Bentley, directing a script adapted from a Denis Johnson novella of the same name, marvels at the beauty of the American wilderness, even as it is radically transformed by industrialization and technological change.
—Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 24 Dec. 2025
The interiors, dim but comfortable-looking, are full of plants and lumpy leather furniture; the exteriors are a ramshackle marvel, with red-brick arches, a long upper-story deck, and greenery spilling out in every direction.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marvel
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Luckily, a miracle came to me in the form of a workhorse concealer.—
Melony Forcier,
InStyle,
7 Jan. 2026
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Other sertanejo and agronejo artists content themselves with promoting agrobusiness interests through their lyrics, praising industrial farming and the miracle of pesticides.—
Carolina Abbott Galvão,
The Dial,
6 Jan. 2026
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Eventually, their wonder grates on Glaser and the rest of the forest.—
Andy Hoglund,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Nov. 2025
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National parks may have the name recognition, but some of our country’s most beautiful natural wonders and sights are tucked away in state parks.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Nov. 2025
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What's more, a new phenomenon is taking shape.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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There are myriad extraordinary animal phenomena in the natural world, from the running of the salmon to the months-long hibernation of bears.—
Chelsee Lowe,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Marvel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marvel. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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