one in a million
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"Preservation like this is truly one in a million," Cole added.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
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
Sinese, 68, said the "one in a million" cancer originates in the spine and affects around 300 people in the US each year.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2024
"I mean it's one in a million it happens to like this."
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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