nine days' wonders

variants also nine day wonders
Definition of nine days' wondersnext
plural of nine days' wonder

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nine days' wonders
Noun
  • Those were her last words before the agent fired three bullets through the window, according to multiple videos taken from a number of angles.
    Theresa Braine, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Those were her last words before the agent fired three bullets through the window, according to multiple videos taken from a number of angles.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • And the tweet is a neat part of why everyone seems happy in Clipperland these days, after tons of drama going back to the summer.
    Tim Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
  • According to the indictment, Wedding is accused of moving as much as 60 tons of cocaine between those countries, and his drug trafficking group is believed to be the largest supplier of cocaine to Canada.
    Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • There are several other ongoing furors about the president’s propensity to use his power in unusually personal ways.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Or perhaps that is the concern conjured by the hysteria of Y2K—with its fads of fears pumped by a skepticism over technology and wars people could not hold so freshly after the recession of the early 1990s.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Besides the aesthetic, homeowners are also being strategic in their changes, opting for functional improvements over fads.
    Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 19 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Even trends that may ultimately prove fleeting are rooted in intention, soul, and purpose.
    Amanda Lauren, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Regardless of your thoughts on the 2016 renaissance, piercing trends have continued to expand and evolve.
    Marianne Mychaskiw, Allure, 24 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The main light comes from a 6500K bright white LED, which can cycle through multiple brightness modes, SOS mode, and a strobe.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Users can personalize their listening experience using the six EQ modes available in the Tribit smartphone app.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Their online parlance is punctuated by empty enthusiasms, vicious aspersions, and obvious hypocrisies that rarely matter.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Nine days' wonders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nine%20days%27%20wonders. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.

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