Thesaurus results for MIRACLE

miracle

noun

ˈmir-i-kəl

Definition of miracle

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 Though Rome was not convinced (Columbus had not, to anyone’s knowledge, performed any miracles), in 1892, Pope Leo XIII did issue a special encyclical calling on all clergy in the Americas and in Europe to hold a special Mass each Columbus Day. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026 The miracle of the fishes and loaves is one of the only miracles in the first four books of the New Testament. — Robert Costa, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026 Haunted by the death of a soldier who once loved her and is estranged from her husband Ben (Jonathan Stoddard), she is assigned to cover a miracle in Argentina. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026 Since then, southern Italians have attributed all sorts of miracles to his intercession, including extinguishing the volcanic fires of Mount Vesuvius in 1631. — Clare Whitton, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for miracle

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Everyone gets mail, and the marvel of the postal system’s reach and distribution was intentionally used as an anthrax dissemination machine.

— Daniel Jernigan, STAT, 26 Sep. 2026
Few people realize it these days, but both the rifle and round were technical marvels.

— John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of marvel

Noun

Infrared sensors detect thermal signatures and provide information based on a different physical phenomenon from radar.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
Some have done so, the prosecutor explained, by slow-walking directives of dubious merit, such as orders to investigate voter fraud by noncitizens—a phenomenon that Trump has falsely claimed is rampant.

— Eyal Press, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of phenomenon

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Its sealed perimeter, only accessible via lines and screening, now makes one of the world’s wonders feel less like a wondrous part of the city than an attraction held behind glass.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Yet the structural refrain that underpins this wonder of a book always returns to love.

— Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of wonder

Noun

London — An 11-year-old chess prodigy has become the youngest woman grandmaster of all time, after a strong performance at the 46th Chess Olympiad.

— Jack Guy, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
Kim was a golf prodigy and rising star until a 2012 achilles injury derailed not just his career, but his life.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026

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