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as in lovely
of the very best kind
that bakery makes wonderful cannoli
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as in amazing
causing wonder or astonishment
the mountaintop city of Machu Picchu is unquestionably a wonderful sight to behold
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Recent Examples of wonderful
Opening yourself up to inventive ways of thinking is a wonderful investment.
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Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 30 Mar. 2026
And my house filled up with the most wonderful nurses.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 30 Mar. 2026
Here are three Allie Beth Allman & Associates offerings with wonderful spaces for enjoying an alfresco lifestyle.
—Dallas Morning News, 29 Mar. 2026
The great part is, there are brilliant, kind, wonderful people working on all sides of this issue — many of them are in our film.
—Charlie Tyrell, Variety, 28 Mar. 2026
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Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 30 Mar. 2026
And my house filled up with the most wonderful nurses.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 30 Mar. 2026
Here are three Allie Beth Allman & Associates offerings with wonderful spaces for enjoying an alfresco lifestyle.
—Dallas Morning News, 29 Mar. 2026
The great part is, there are brilliant, kind, wonderful people working on all sides of this issue — many of them are in our film.
—Charlie Tyrell, Variety, 28 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for wonderful
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wonderful
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Of course, all of the discourse is taking place on the lovely, totally non-toxic place that is the internet.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
1 Apr. 2026
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And your answers were so lovely.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
1 Apr. 2026
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On the other hand, your own feelings (pleasant or otherwise) could inspire amazing artwork.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
2 Apr. 2026
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Crew has an amazing sight in store Four days later during the lunar flyby, the moon will appear to be the size of a basketball held at arm’s length.—
Marcia Dunn,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Apple has somehow emerged from the global hardware shortage as a value buy, with its MacBook Neo offering an excellent modern computing experience for a mere $600.—
Jon Martindale,
PC Magazine,
2 Apr. 2026
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Harbor locals should boast that one of the county’s singularly excellent pizzerias is in their backyard.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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The most marvelous of all the vestments is a cope embroidered in a workshop in Genoa in the late 17th century.—
Sarah Kozlowski,
Dallas Morning News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Jessie Buckley is having a marvelous Mother's Day.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
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But simply naming the great fear and sharing it with the millions of watchers in living rooms and hotels and airport lobbies was a trial almost too painful to contemplate.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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No substitutions for prize except by Sponsor, in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be substituted.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Apr. 2026
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Readers who approach this dense but astonishing book will laugh at how superficial that query seems in contrast to the mysteries of the universe.—
Bethanne Patrick,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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Between those bookends lies an astonishing range of human activity scratched onto broken pottery.—
Ryan Brennan
April 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2026
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There’s a terrific movie buried in a two-and-a-half-hour runtime — which cost him a competition slot at Venice.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
29 Mar. 2026
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Both Pavel Zacha and Elias Lindholm scored two goals apiece and Jeremy Swayman made 31 saves for a terrific win.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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The cast’s sole survivor is Jessica Hecht, who pours miraculous warmth and complexity into her faintly insulting role as Colleen, the head teller, a morally upright spinster goosed by her flirtation with Sonny and the spotlight.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
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CFCs seemed miraculous, and post-war consumers fell in love with them.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Wonderful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wonderful. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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