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
After debuting as a prodigy at 11, Huston is now 31 and preparing to compete in his 20th X Games.
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Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
26 June 2026
Not to worry—the 20-year-old tennis prodigy and first-generation American from the mellow foothills of Orange County, California, isn’t the type to make a fuss.
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Jake Nevins,
Vogue,
25 June 2026
From the streets to the sheets, West Coast prodigy Blxst has turned his pain and passion into profit by masterfully blending melodies with bars.
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Adelle Platon,
VIBE.com,
24 June 2026
The former child chess prodigy is nothing if not relentlessly competitive.
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Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for prodigy
Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
26 June 2026
Not to worry—the 20-year-old tennis prodigy and first-generation American from the mellow foothills of Orange County, California, isn’t the type to make a fuss.
—
Jake Nevins,
Vogue,
25 June 2026
From the streets to the sheets, West Coast prodigy Blxst has turned his pain and passion into profit by masterfully blending melodies with bars.
—
Adelle Platon,
VIBE.com,
24 June 2026
The former child chess prodigy is nothing if not relentlessly competitive.
—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for prodigy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prodigy
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The rescue was considered a small miracle cutting through a week of tragedy.
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The American productivity story is a miracle, and one worth continuing to perfect.
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Durica said the event that shaped the world leaves behind much more than a board game and a marvel of engineering.
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The Amazing Race is a program that used to win this category year over year, and is considered a production marvel.
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For children, the backyard is a place of wonder, suitable for imaginative play of all types.
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These wonders can grow as strange, twisted bushes or as giant, spindly trees.
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Obviously, there are rooftoppers that hail from all over the planet, so perhaps young generations with nothing left to lose are a universal phenomenon nowadays.
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Either dark energy is a real phenomenon, causing the universe to grow bigger at a faster and faster rate, or there is no dark energy at all, and scientists have somehow misunderstood the laws of gravity at cosmic scales.
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“Prodigy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prodigy. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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