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as in superhuman
being so extraordinary or abnormal as to suggest powers which violate the laws of nature
the miraculous nature of the revelation
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as in wonderful
causing wonder or astonishment
his miraculous escape from the burning building
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Recent Examples of miraculous
The thousands of lives transformed by this miraculous, improbable place will carry its revolutionarily generative spirit forward for generations to come.
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Matt Schooley, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
Visitors are welcome to tour the church that houses what many believe is a miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2026
But what a beautiful style this is, especially danced with such miraculous softness and loft by Wona Park.
—Rachel Howard, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2026
Finishing is a human marvel, but not miraculous.
—Rachel Canter, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
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Matt Schooley, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
Visitors are welcome to tour the church that houses what many believe is a miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2026
But what a beautiful style this is, especially danced with such miraculous softness and loft by Wona Park.
—Rachel Howard, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2026
Finishing is a human marvel, but not miraculous.
—Rachel Canter, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miraculous
Adjective
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He-Man has superhuman speed and strength and is invulnerable to most damage.—
Sanat Pai RaikarAll,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
4 May 2026
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Mythos marked a paradigm shift in AI capabilities, reportedly delivering processing power that enables superhuman coding and reasoning, a massive performance leap over previous models.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
Adjective
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There is great teaching going on, the principal is wonderful.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Apr. 2026
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Claire has been an advocate for courageous stories, an expert at complicated logistics and a wonderful partner to teams across the entire news division.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Yura’s nemeses, who are part of her elderly father’s underwater court, seem to be after her magical flute, an ancient device that controls their kingdom’s dragon.—
Beatrice Loayza,
Variety,
1 May 2026
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When their fort reveals a magical ability to transport them to worlds across the globe, the girls embark on a whirlwind adventure that brings them closer again.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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To get a sentence like that in a communist, radically left-wing city of liberal lunatics is truly amazing.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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The best was this amazing movie with Isabelle Huppert and Gerard Depardieu.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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His gift is an uncanny ability to solve crimes that leave the LAPD baffled, armed only with the savvy and dry humor reminiscent of the gumshoe detectives of the noir genre.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
28 Apr. 2026
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Cameras now deploy ever higher frame rates, as seen in the uncanny sheen of blockbusters by James Cameron and Peter Jackson, and films are shot, shown, and restored on ever higher resolutions (4K, 8K, and beyond).—
Dennis Lim,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Head there for a quieter gape at the astonishing mortar-free construction.—
Helen Brown,
TheWeek,
30 Apr. 2026
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Overall, this is astonishing work.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The distance the field has traveled since −and has yet to go − represents a remarkable and very American medical journey, characterized by big ideas, big risks, perserverence and issues of fairness and eye-popping prices.—
Karen Weintraub,
USA Today,
3 May 2026
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Krakauer survived a deadly ordeal on Everest—a high price to pay for a remarkable book.—
Dan Zak,
The Atlantic,
3 May 2026
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The troop withdrawal is hardly surprising, said Michał Matlak, a senior fellow at the European University Institute and director of the Institute for Innovation and Technology in Warsaw.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
2 May 2026
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One of the most pleasantly surprising things about visiting the Florida Keys is seeing how many attractions allow for four-legged visitors accompanying their humans.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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“Miraculous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miraculous. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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