nine days' wonders

variants also nine day wonders
plural of nine days' wonder

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for nine days' wonders
Noun
  • What were Steve Irwin’s last words?
    Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • In 2015, firefighter Xavier Gourmelon revealed Princess Diana's last words in an interview with The Independent.
    Stephanie Kaloi, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • While that marked the lowest annual increase in 10 years, more than 170 million tons of new LNG supply are set to be available by 2030 in service of burgeoning global power demand, the energy major noted in its latest market assessment.
    Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The project demands about 500,000 cubic meters of concrete and 80,000 tons of steel – material quantities that dwarf most construction projects globally.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Follow Andy for continued coverage of the newest fads in the ultra-premium whiskey market, how tariffs would affect prices for bottle importers and why Scotland could soon be running out of peat.
    Andy Vasoyan, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Read the full review here Furniture fads come and go, but the Eames Chair?
    Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This initial forecast by Deloitte is based on economic calculations and does not reflect consumer trends or consumer expectations about holiday spending plans.
    Joan Verdon, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Mearns quail are less inclined to call, leaving biologists to infer trends in their population from wings that hunters voluntarily leave in barrels set out at popular hunting areas.
    Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As was the case with Dark Forces, this remaster has stunning new cutscenes and visuals that are rich in color, as well as online multiplayer modes like deathmatch and capture the flag.
    Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • But most of those low-blue-light modes still let a considerable amount of blue light through, potentially keeping you up at night.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Their shared enthusiasms are utterly sexless.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Nine days' wonders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nine%20days%27%20wonders. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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