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Meanings of black swan in English

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cigne negre

Large Australian swan having black plumage and a red bill.

        cigne negre
        Usage of black swan in English
        1
        To see a black swan, denotes illicit pleasure, if near clear water.
        Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream / A Scien...
        2
        Or some unforeseen black swan, like overwhelming natural disasters or armed conflict?
        Reuters
        3
        He wanted to know if I was familiar with the black swan.'
        The Secret Crown (2010)
        4
        Then he saw what the black swan had done to his horse.
        The wandering fire
        5
        A stroke of genius is a black swan, beyond prediction, beyond expectation.
        Year's best sf 15
        6
        Instead, the ancient wood had been branded with an elaborate black swan.
        The Secret Crown (2010)
        7
        So, the black swan is gonna hit the bank and hurt it.
        The new yorker
        8
        In all that time, you've never heard of the black swan?'
        The Secret Crown (2010)
        9
        Do they know when the black swan is going to fly?
        Reuters
        10
        If you remember, Ludwig even sealed his mysterious correspondence with a black swan.
        The Secret Crown (2010)
        11
        When he was done, he studied the elaborate black swan with his flashlight.
        The Secret Crown (2010)
        12
        Another black swan swooped hugely toward him, wings lashing the air.
        The darkest road
        13
        One black swan and several shags and gulls were seen.
        A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 / Undertaken for the purp...
        14
        A gray swan concerns modelable extreme events, a black swan is about unknown unknowns.
        The black swan: the impact of the highly improbable
        15
        A black swan event is meant to be unforeseeable, a rare and major surprise.
        The Irish Times
        16
        If a black swan never arrives, how on Earth could its absence be guessed?
        Year's best sf 15
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        Translations for black swan
        Black swan through the time
        Black swan across language varieties
        United States of America
        Common
        United Kingdom
        Less common