as in miracle
something extraordinary or surprising
that new electric car really is a marvel
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Recent Examples of marvel
Take a family photo at the Southernmost point in the US, marvel at the many chickens running loose, and visit the Key West Butterfly and Nature Conservatory.
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Jaclyn Greenberg,
Parents,
29 June 2026
The Amazing Race is a program that used to win this category year over year, and is considered a production marvel.
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Rebecca Ford,
Vanity Fair,
25 June 2026
Revel in your last moments as a family of two and marvel at the ways the human body stretches, adapts, and sacrifices.
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Lara Kramer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 June 2026
Starting with a tone-setting marvel early, Room contorted and unfurled himself to 15 saves — including several other stupefying ones.
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Kansas City Star,
21 June 2026
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Jaclyn Greenberg,
Parents,
29 June 2026
The Amazing Race is a program that used to win this category year over year, and is considered a production marvel.
—
Rebecca Ford,
Vanity Fair,
25 June 2026
Revel in your last moments as a family of two and marvel at the ways the human body stretches, adapts, and sacrifices.
—
Lara Kramer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 June 2026
Starting with a tone-setting marvel early, Room contorted and unfurled himself to 15 saves — including several other stupefying ones.
—
Kansas City Star,
21 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for marvel
Recent Examples of Synonyms for marvel
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The rescue was considered a small miracle cutting through a week of tragedy.
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The American productivity story is a miracle, and one worth continuing to perfect.
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For children, the backyard is a place of wonder, suitable for imaginative play of all types.
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These wonders can grow as strange, twisted bushes or as giant, spindly trees.
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Obviously, there are rooftoppers that hail from all over the planet, so perhaps young generations with nothing left to lose are a universal phenomenon nowadays.
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Either dark energy is a real phenomenon, causing the universe to grow bigger at a faster and faster rate, or there is no dark energy at all, and scientists have somehow misunderstood the laws of gravity at cosmic scales.
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“Marvel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marvel. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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