NINE DAY WONDERS Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

nine days' wonders

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plural of nine days' wonder

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Noun

Annotated divorce papers blown up and mounted, interactive exhibits detailing how your mom’s last round of chemo didn’t take, souvenir T-shirts emblazoned with your best friend’s last words before the car crash.

— Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026
Kelly Clarkson said her last words on The Kelly Clarkson Show after seven seasons, amid a full hour of Kellyoke, her kids, and gratitude.

— Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026

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In effect, thousands of tons of materials that were never intended to be inhaled were crushed, burned, aerosolized and deposited across a densely populated urban area.

— Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
What Jay is willing to share can be illuminating, and there are tons of small details to feed even the most casual of fans.

— Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026

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Despite the very name of their publication, the Vogue staffers weren’t buying into the fads — and that spoke to something which La Ligne tries to embody.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
The same effect was used for the theatrical release of a few other movies, including Midway and Rollercoaster, but Sensurround eventually went the way of other ’70s fads like platform shoes and pet rocks.

— Al Shipley, SPIN, 21 Aug. 2026

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With available drivers, trucks and power units becoming more constrained, Reinke said technology and collaboration can help improve the handoff of containers between transportation modes.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
And so perhaps the beginning of the universe is described by some quantum theory, which includes not just the matter modes, but also some modes of the gravitational field.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of modes

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Tyson offered up his thoughts and enthusiasms on this remarkable investigatory tool.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Two of Zohran Mamdani’s enthusiasms — better bus service and soccer — have, in the World Cup, found their moment of zingy cross-pollination.

— Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 4 June 2026

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