rare birds

plural of rare bird

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rare birds
Noun
  • Those hopes are long gone, but a good month would do wonders for Toronto’s wild-card hopes.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Another novel where the author explores how to cultivate the mind, body, home, and social circle in order to propagate creativity, and wonders what happens when any or all elements become fallow or diseased.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Julian and Jaden, who is about two years his junior, are both former child basketball prodigies.
    Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Think about the difference between American soccer prodigies and a Messi, who took up the game at the age of 3 or 4 in his sprawling home city of Rosario.
    Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
Noun
  • These detectors are modern marvels in their own right and represent the culmination of a long heritage of new technology that enables new discoveries.
    Don Figer, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
  • New Yorkers, for one, will be a short overnight hop away from the history and modern marvels of Valencia on Spain’s Mediterranean coast, where previously a transfer was required.
    Edward Russell, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • After her annual mammogram showed abnormalities, Oteri hadn’t initially been concerned.
    Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The scan would serve as an additional safeguard, since breast MRIs can detect abnormalities that mammograms miss.
    Lauren Sausser, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • There were no reports of anomalies from about a dozen nuclear power plants and other facilities that handle nuclear materials, the Nuclear Regulation Authority said.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The platform manages client dashboards, drafts performance reports, monitors data quality, flags anomalies, supports internal operations, and synthesizes context from meetings so leaders are not forced to sit in every room to stay informed.
    Ethan M. Stone, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • There clearly continues to be something very evocative about the idea that all the mundane pop-culture ephemera from one’s youth hides something darker.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Atlanta convention with lots of records for sale as well as memorabilia, ephemera and music from vinyl-spinning DJs.
    Mary Caldwell, AJC.com, 25 Aug. 2026
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“Rare birds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rare%20birds. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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