one in a million

1. Also,. Extraordinary, rare, as in She's the kindest soul—she's one in a million, or This ring is one in a thousand. All these terms are hyperbolic.

Example Sentences

Even so, he pegs the odds of $2-a-gallon gasoline as a national average at one in a million.

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Mr. Kerrigan’s faux pas could have been worse: He could have told his daughter that she was “one in a million”—which, in this country, means there are 347 others just like her.

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"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."

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The U.S. average retail price for regular unleaded gasoline has “extremely low odds — perhaps one in a million — of falling below $2” a gallon this year or next, based on current developments, Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, told MarketWatch.

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"To find something after 55 years, I'm hoping we do, but the chances are one in a million," he explained.

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