as in marvel
something extraordinary or surprising
it's a miracle that you weren't hurt in the accident
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Recent Examples of miracle
Years of design, planning and execution have resulted in what some have dubbed the Texas economic miracle, Abbott said, while pushing back on that framing.
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Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Mar. 2026
Martyrs — people killed for their faith — can be beatified without a miracle.
—ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
Not Your Mother’s Tough Love Bonding line includes this miracle-working leave-in treatment.
—Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 23 Mar. 2026
Hurricanes guard Tre Donaldson, shooting for a miracle, missed a 3-pointer that would’ve pulled Miami to within three points with 49 seconds left.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026
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Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Mar. 2026
Martyrs — people killed for their faith — can be beatified without a miracle.
—ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
Not Your Mother’s Tough Love Bonding line includes this miracle-working leave-in treatment.
—Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 23 Mar. 2026
Hurricanes guard Tre Donaldson, shooting for a miracle, missed a 3-pointer that would’ve pulled Miami to within three points with 49 seconds left.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miracle
Noun
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The marvel of the play, and of this keenly staged and performed production, is its emotional volatility, the quiver of truth behind the percolating dialogue of evasion or shaming accusation.—
Steven Winn,
San Francisco Chronicle,
3 Apr. 2026
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These marvels of engineering elevate riders as high as 210 feet (64 meters), send them through dizzying loops and corkscrews and propel them at speeds as high as 76 mph (122 kilometers per hour).—
John Haddad,
The Conversation,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In 2024, the Pentagon released hundreds of reports of unidentified and unexplained aerial phenomena.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Each of the 8 years in this Venus-cycle (known and important to ancient civilizations such as the Mayans and Babylonians) has its own particular pattern, so 2026 repeats (within about 2 or 3 days of the same date) the phenomena of 2018.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Except someone did eventually hear it—the good folks at Freedom to Spend, known for reissuing all kinds of wonders from the experimental past, who took it upon themselves to sort through all 1200 tapes submitted to the ND zine over the course of its run before landing upon Larrison’s.—
Sam Goldner,
Pitchfork,
2 Apr. 2026
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Poor Landscaping Good landscaping can truly work wonders, while overgrown plants will immediately give off a chaotic look and detract from the architectural features on the exterior of your home, according to Farnan.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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They get captured by Hungarian gangsters and have to fight (and kill) their way out of an inn run by a shady former dance prodigy (Uma Thurman).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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At the beginning of her music career, Jordan was (rightfully) hailed as a prodigy—a blessing and a curse.—
Grace Robins-Somerville,
Pitchfork,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Miracle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miracle. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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