NINE DAY WONDERS Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

nine days' wonders

noun

variants also nine day wonders

plural of nine days' wonder

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Noun

Through a microphone, the journalists listened as Pike spoke what were meant to be her last words—about love—and sang with her Buddhist spiritual adviser.

— Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
Smolensk, Russia, February 1837 and February 1860 Belatedly, John’s last words reached Adelaide.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026

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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said earlier this week that the first shipment would amount to 40,000 tons of diesel, according to Russia's Interfax news agency.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
To meet those requirements, the company customized its L760-50 luffing-jib tower crane, which has a maximum lifting capacity of 50 metric tons (55 US tons) and a maximum jib length of 60 meters (197 feet).

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026

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And given that culture is now so tied to trends and developments online, fads can take over very quickly and spread around the world in minutes.

— Gavin Francis, The New York Review of Books, 24 Oct. 2026
D’Souza has tested many of the agents that have experienced fads over the last year, like OpenClaw and Hermes Agent.

— Andrew R. Chow, Time, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of fads

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There’s also an entire suite of competitive multiplayer modes from simple team deathmatch to a full-on battle royale.

— Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026
Both front seats get three-stage heating and ventilation, while the driver's seat also offers multiple massage modes.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026

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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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