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
But the study has limitations, not least that the team defined an actor’s annus mirabilis by the number of acting credits.
From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2019
An idea recorded in 1841, is to be realized in 1851—which promises, in various ways, to be the annus mirabilis!
From Notes and Queries, Number 68, February 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
