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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 What Selma has been able to do physically in the years since is nothing short of a miracle. — Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Nene received the Cochlear Nucleus Nexa System, which takes the innovation beyond an aural miracle. — Lauryn Higgins, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 When the miracle year of 1967 dawned, Celtic resumed winning. — Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026 But Futura Sciences reports that the plant was heralded as something of a miracle in the 1930s, when soil erosion devastated wild swaths of farmland in the South, following the Dust Bowl. — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for miracle

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Today, Astana’s skyline can keep up with the best of them, with 21st-century architectural marvels made from concrete, steel, and glass cresting over the country’s endless steppes into the horizon.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026
And then there is Turin, Italy’s first capital and a Baroque marvel with the Alps to its west and north.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of marvel

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This phenomenon is called the collapse of the wave function, and the resulting physical picture is known as the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics.

— Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Scientists have long known about Kelvin waves, but this year, the phenomena grabbed the public's attention with video explanations receiving thousands of views across TikTok and X.

— Ava Berger, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026

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Infiniti plays math prodigy Julia Fischer, who is recruited into an elite prep course culminating in the most punishing exam in mathematics.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
The once-promising prodigy will grow dissolute, remorseful and resentful of his wife, who outlives him.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

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