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1
as in wonderful
causing wonder or astonishment
the sheer immensity of the ancient ruin known as Stonehenge is marvelous to behold
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as in exotic
excitingly or mysteriously unusual
old seafarers' tales of marvelous lands and their strange inhabitants
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as in superb
of the very best kind
the novel is a marvelous example of a children's book which has not been dumbed down for its intended audience
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Recent Examples of marvelous
Baumbach co-wrote the script with Emily Mortimer, a marvelous actor herself, who also shows up here in just a few brief scenes.
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
This marvelous oven has an eight-in-one function with multiple cooking modes to slow cook, braise, bake, and make brown rice, white rice, pasta, and oats.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025
Yet my body understood The Tale of Genji and its marvelous writer far better.
—Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
To the young Lloyd, these were marvelous hidden worlds, out of sight but no less interesting than fish and whales.
—Laura Poppick, Quanta Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
This marvelous oven has an eight-in-one function with multiple cooking modes to slow cook, braise, bake, and make brown rice, white rice, pasta, and oats.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025
Yet my body understood The Tale of Genji and its marvelous writer far better.
—Lauren Groff, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
To the young Lloyd, these were marvelous hidden worlds, out of sight but no less interesting than fish and whales.
—Laura Poppick, Quanta Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marvelous
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The film, which largely unfolds on Christmas Eve, has a wonderful sense of the dying light of a late December day, the transition from a shade of damp gray to the inky black of night, and, even better, an actual sense of a particular American place.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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This all sounds wonderful, but for me, oil control surpasses everything.—
Lily Wohlner,
Allure,
19 Sep. 2025
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Flavors range from fruity — plain tart is the company’s best seller — to extensive variations on vanilla and chocolate, to more exotic flavors.—
Greg Mellen,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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Flavors range from classic dill and bread and butter to the more exotic like maple bourbon, gin, and sweet ginger pickles.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
19 Sep. 2025
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The grind will continue for Campbell as he will be matched up against what was expected to be a superb Pittsburgh Steelers defense.—
Andrew Wright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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The superb first nonfiction feature from Argentinian director Lucrecia Martel focuses on the killing of an Indigenous community leader by white landowners in northwest Argentina.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Sep. 2025
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Malleable and with a matte finish, when worked through the hair, this white paste keeps flyaways at bay, musses up the ends of short cuts, and sculpts amazing second-day texture.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Those guys just haulin' butt around on there will be pretty amazing to see.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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At the heart of the discovery lies one of quantum mechanics’ strangest features — uncertainty.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
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The combination of climbing around this strange building and having heard the almost legendary stories about Karl-Göran was evocative and haunting.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
19 Sep. 2025
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As always, the iPhone takes terrific photos.—
Eric Zeman,
PC Magazine,
17 Sep. 2025
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Now the Phils are desperate to keep the affable and articulate Ohio native, who has cultivated a reputation as a clubhouse leader and terrific teammate.—
Dan Schlossberg,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Thus, his agreement, at the urging of Apple TV+ execs, to host an original travel show in 2023 was not just astonishing, but turned out to be a remarkable, life-changing leap.—
Laura Manske,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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While sampling ancient, dry riverbed rocks on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover found something astonishing.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
15 Sep. 2025
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Another great addition is live captions and translation.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
18 Sep. 2025
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Praise feels great, ridicule or people not liking it doesn't.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Marvelous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marvelous. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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