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
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
In a statement, Ms Francis' family said: "Wendy will be hugely missed; she was one in a million and much-loved."
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2024
“Chordoma is a one in a million cancer,” Gary Sinise wrote Tuesday, sharing information about the disease.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024
“Well, she ended up getting brain cancer—the exact kind she was doing the study on. The probability of that was like one in a million or something. How’s that for a coincidence?”
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
