as in wonderful
causing wonder or astonishment
what a wondrous discovery fire must have been
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Recent Examples of wondrous
Her brain is just so weird and magnificent and wondrous.
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
Wintertime offers wondrous sights, from otherworldly glacial palaces to rolling hills of shimmering snow.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2026
Earth's moon is 400 times smaller than the sun, which happens to be, on average, 400 times farther from our planet than its natural satellite — a wondrous cosmic coincidence that causes both celestial objects to appear the same size in our sky.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Let the lyrics from this wondrous patriot extravaganza (not to be confused with the Super Bowl itself, a Patriot blowout) explain it to you!
—Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
Wintertime offers wondrous sights, from otherworldly glacial palaces to rolling hills of shimmering snow.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2026
Earth's moon is 400 times smaller than the sun, which happens to be, on average, 400 times farther from our planet than its natural satellite — a wondrous cosmic coincidence that causes both celestial objects to appear the same size in our sky.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Let the lyrics from this wondrous patriot extravaganza (not to be confused with the Super Bowl itself, a Patriot blowout) explain it to you!
—Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wondrous
Adjective
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The Coast Guard is a huge piece of this puzzle, and to be able to see the Coast Guard come to realization is wonderful.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Something wonderful could drop into your lap in mid-June.—
Magi Helena,
Dallas Morning News,
17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The scent, a refreshing citrus and amber fragrance, leaves your hair smelling amazing well after wash day.—
Catharine Malzahn,
Glamour,
18 Mar. 2026
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In this era of online overexposure, there’s something kind of amazing about that.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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That surprise of illumination, that miraculous, orbiting satellite in the dark, bellowing night.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Mar. 2026
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But are those seemingly miraculous results on your feed actually legit?—
Fiona Ward,
Glamour,
17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Kate Hawley won the Oscar for Best Costume Design for her astonishing fantasy-period costumes, while Cliona Furey was part of the team that won the prize for Best Makeup & Hairstyling.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
16 Mar. 2026
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McAdams remembered both Catherine O’Hara and Diane Keaton; Streisand gave an astonishing eulogy to her co-star and friend Robert Redford.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Still just a simulation And the results were surprising.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Mar. 2026
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He was known for personally digging into the details of bureau investigations, even on minor cases, and surprising agents who suddenly found themselves on the phone with him.—
Julia Kimani-Burnham,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Eating dinner in the woods is absolutely sublime.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
20 Mar. 2026
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Oreade, the fine dining restaurant, is where Chef Riccardo Bacciottini unleashes his creativity and technical prowess, using local ingredients (many plucked right from the hotel’s gardens) to make sublime dishes like tomato tartare with basil and miso or artichokes confited with pepper sauce.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But there is something so wonderful about being fifty and having your own job and having been through so many disappointments that a situation like this is filtered through different experiences and people—the narrator’s discernment has an incredible clarity.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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Just an incredible environment.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Wondrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wondrous. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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