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Recent Examples of rara avis
Sitting in the center, with a passenger seat to the left and right, the lucky driver will feel equally at home in the US, the UK or anywhere a long stretch of pavement invites this rara avis to soar.
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 21 June 2021
Holy rara avis, Batman!
—Peter Mehlman, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2020
Finding that rara avis of product design that combines pretty with practical is thrilling, and porcelain tile is both.
—Sarah Baird, Good Housekeeping, 14 Sep. 2020
Robert Ross, Robb Report, 21 June 2021
Holy rara avis, Batman!
—Peter Mehlman, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2020
Finding that rara avis of product design that combines pretty with practical is thrilling, and porcelain tile is both.
—Sarah Baird, Good Housekeeping, 14 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rara avis
Noun
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Eventually, their wonder grates on Glaser and the rest of the forest.—
Andy Hoglund,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Nov. 2025
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National parks may have the name recognition, but some of our country’s most beautiful natural wonders and sights are tucked away in state parks.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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During my early childhood, my brother and I lived in innocence, away from the great world, absorbed by sand, waves and marvels of the ocean.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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Mercifully, the marvels of modern medicine and technology have greatly compensated for these losses.—
Thomas Cangelosi,
Hartford Courant,
4 Jan. 2026
Noun
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With her 21st birthday looming, the prodigy Victoria Javadi (Shabana Azeez) continues to resist her star-surgeon mom’s (Deepti Gupta) pressure to train in surgery.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
8 Jan. 2026
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After a 15-year battle against world champion Garry Kasparov, Judit Polgár revolutionizes the sport’s patriarchal culture to become one of the greatest chess prodigies in history and the greatest woman chess player of all time.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Rara avis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rara%20avis. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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