annus mirabilis
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There was a plague, so Isaac Newton went home, and for him it was an annus mirabilis, which in Latin is a “year of miracles.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2020
The annus mirabilis, Warner adds, was 1743, when one person’s average annual consumption hit 2.2 gallons.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 2, 2019
“Watchmen” also arrived during what, in hindsight, was an annus mirabilis for comic books.
From New York Times ● Oct. 16, 2019
This year has not been an annus mirabilis for China’s Huawei Technologies Ltd, the world’s largest supplier of telecommunications network equipment and second-biggest maker of smartphones.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 19, 2018
Somehow, foolishly, illogically, I feel that it will be the annus mirabilis for my beloved country.
From The Red Planet by William John Locke
