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
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
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
The year 1856 will always be remembered as the annus mirabilis in the history of Russia.
From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Raisin, Jacob S.
