nine days' wonders

noun

variants also nine day wonders
plural of nine days' wonder
as in last words

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  1. last words
  2. tons
  3. hot tickets
  4. furors
  5. fads
  6. trends
  7. modes
  8. enthusiasms
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
Definition of last words
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  • It's also defined by tons of glazing, including windows and large operable doors.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Workers have taken down dozens of trees and have been moving tons of dirt on both sides of the freeway.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 8 Nov. 2026
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  • The Story and American Buffalo are going to be hot tickets too.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026
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  • There are several other ongoing furors about the president’s propensity to use his power in unusually personal ways.
    — Niall Stanage, The Hill, 5 Oct. 2025
Definition of furors
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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
Noun
  • Luckily, some of the season’s best new trends and classic styles are on sale right now on Amazon.
    — Kate Donovan, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2026
  • While trends like these can shift perceptions of beauty and create new aesthetic anxieties, Payne argues that ferritin face also encourages consumers to approach beauty more holistically.
    — Amy Francombe, Vogue, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of trends
Noun
  • The machine features solid performance for both work and play, and switching it between laptop and tablet modes couldn't be easier.
    — Marshall Honorof, PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Combined with its intelligent cleaning modes, this allows the K70 to adapt its cleaning routine to different maintenance requirements.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of modes
Noun
  • 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
Definition of enthusiasms
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