one in a million
Example Sentences
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A Chicago aquarium overcame one in a million odds to raise a warty frogfish.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026
Wendy Williams, 61, lost her steel worker husband Steven, 56, to a "one in a million" rare cancer in 2019.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
We were set to meet at the Hamptons Film Festival, but I got to meet her beautiful daughter, Vicky, who is really just one in a million, just a stunning, wonderful human being.
From Salon • May 9, 2025
Ms Macharia's mother said she had a "special bond" with her daughter who was "one in a million".
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2024
“I’ve always been interested in your cases. I studied them in medical school. Only one in a million such mutations prove beneficial. You’re remarkable people.”
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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