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 That sort of spectacular intimacy is kind of a miracle, in other words. — Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Nov. 2026 Maybe that could explain some of the college basketball versions of a miracle that have crossed over to Villanova. — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026 That Kushner even managed to secure agrément, whereby a state accepts a foreign ambassador’s nomination, was a little miracle of American hegemony. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026 The catalog of miracles run the gamut from utopian—such as curing cancer—to the mundane, including shorter lines at the Department of Motor Vehicles and easier access to government services for job seekers. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for miracle

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From an avant-garde temple to to contemporary buildings constructed to resemble skeletal forms, below are architectural marvels that reveal why skeletons remain an enduring muse for architects.

— Livia Caligor, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2026
In a $220 million gamble, its public power utility, EPB, has helped transform the once struggling post-industrial city into an unlikely marvel of civic reinvention, and an inspiration for many other dozens of copycat towns around the country.

— Sara Herschander, Vox, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of marvel

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Most of the cases his office examined involved ordinary objects or phenomena that sensors were not designed to recognize.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
Quantum computers use quantum bits, or qubits, which can exploit phenomena such as superposition and entanglement to perform certain calculations in fundamentally different ways.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of phenomenon

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Fefferman, like Tao, was a child prodigy, an early winner of the Fields Medal, and a professor of mathematics by his early twenties.

— Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
Either suck it up and know that your prodigy child isn't going to be allowed to take all of the reps from the other kids, or move the kid up a level.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

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