as in wonderful
causing wonder or astonishment
what a wondrous discovery fire must have been
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Recent Examples of wondrous
To explain its wondrous potency, scientists noted that when tryptophan made its way into the brain, it could be converted into the neurotransmitter serotonin.
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Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2025
In that ostensibly pitch-black space, Widder has discovered wondrous sources of light – emitted from sea creatures in a phenomenon known as bioluminescence.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2025
Where is such a wondrous thing possible?
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
For those of us who have loved Carmen Maura since the first of her seven features with Pedro Almodóvar 45 years ago, watching her expressive face in Calle Málaga is its own wondrous reward.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
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Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2025
In that ostensibly pitch-black space, Widder has discovered wondrous sources of light – emitted from sea creatures in a phenomenon known as bioluminescence.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2025
Where is such a wondrous thing possible?
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
For those of us who have loved Carmen Maura since the first of her seven features with Pedro Almodóvar 45 years ago, watching her expressive face in Calle Málaga is its own wondrous reward.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wondrous
Adjective
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My pipes tech Joy was able to join us which was wonderful.—
Jack Irvin,
PEOPLE,
21 Jan. 2026
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Kenji Kawai will also be returning to compose the music, which is also wonderful news.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Don’t tell people to be amazing.—
Shep Hyken,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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At first, amazing—before the isolation kicks in.—
Tamara Southward,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Jan. 2026
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The result was a last-second, half-court heave from Miller that hit nothing but net for a miraculous 77-76 Mustangs win at Moody Coliseum.—
SportsDay Staff,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Jan. 2026
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The 13-year-old is making a miraculous recovery, and all three children are now in the care of their maternal grandmother.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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Symbols and metaphors are the most astonishing of these scars.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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Her film is an honorable attempt to dramatize the everyday agonies and frustrations of Red Crescent workers, to honor their quick thinking and astonishing courage under duress.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
14 Jan. 2026
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Jones has said the most surprising moment of the season was the 44-30 loss at Detroit that ended the winning streak and sent the Cowboys tumbling to a 1-4 finish.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Jan. 2026
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Another surprising element of Zubimendi’s game has been his aerial prowess, despite standing at 5ft 11in (180cm).—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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The leader of the fancy-patty movement, for me, though, is Bar Kabawa, the swanky, sexy East Village Daiquiri joint that’s attached to Kabawa, the chef Paul Carmichael’s marvellous Caribbean tasting-menu spot.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
4 Jan. 2026
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Brigitte Bardot, the enchanting French starlet with the marvelous pout who became a carefree icon of sexuality in the 1950s and ’60s after her liberated performance in the scandalous And God Created Woman, has died.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Jacob Bethell, their great batting hope amid the debris of this tour, stood tall at the SCG to compile a sublime unbeaten 142 and extend the hosts’ inconvenience into this concluding fifth Test’s last day.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Nazism’s total domination politically and socially found an aesthetic counterpart in the visual reduction of bodies to things, ecstatically subdued before the hypnotic power of a leader, force, or sublime beauty.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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First, of course, is Nakache’s incredible resilience in the face of the demons of his past, which stem from the greater history of his country.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
7 Jan. 2026
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There were some incredible individual seasons across positions like San Francisco RB Christian McCaffrey, Seattle WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Cleveland DE Myles Garrett.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Wondrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wondrous. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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