as in miracle
something extraordinary or surprising
a new drug that is being hailed as the latest prodigy of the medical world
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Recent Examples of prodigy
So, how exactly does this digital prodigy manage such cosmic feats?
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Paul Sutter, Space.com, 22 Mar. 2026
Every awesome up-and-coming American skier is the next Lindsey Vonn, every basketball prodigy is the next LeBron.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 16 Mar. 2026
Tom Hulce is daffy and delicious as the airhead prodigy Mozart, but few of us can identify with that kind of genius.
—Devan Coggan, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
Before Trucks brought out Tiger onstage, he was spotted at the auction on that rainy Thursday afternoon (six feet tall with a long blonde ponytail at the nape of his neck, the 46-year-old guitar prodigy is hard to miss).
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2026
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Paul Sutter, Space.com, 22 Mar. 2026
Every awesome up-and-coming American skier is the next Lindsey Vonn, every basketball prodigy is the next LeBron.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 16 Mar. 2026
Tom Hulce is daffy and delicious as the airhead prodigy Mozart, but few of us can identify with that kind of genius.
—Devan Coggan, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
Before Trucks brought out Tiger onstage, he was spotted at the auction on that rainy Thursday afternoon (six feet tall with a long blonde ponytail at the nape of his neck, the 46-year-old guitar prodigy is hard to miss).
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prodigy
Noun
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Since his health scare, Holland seems more open to talk about the miracles recorded in the New Testament.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2026
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The Gamecocks needed something beyond a miracle to secure the programs fourth title since 2017 but came up short for the second straight year after a blowout loss to UConn in the 2025 championship game.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
5 Apr. 2026
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
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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
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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
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