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
Charity AHC UK said it is an ultra-rare neurodevelopmental disease, which only affects one in a million.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026
"They are the show, Tess and Claudia," she said "They are the ultimate professionals and they are one in a million, both of them - two in a million rather - and they are diamonds."
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025
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
Even if we change the probability to one in a million for such a predictive dream, we’ll still get huge numbers of them by chance alone in a country the size of the United States.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
