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
Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton supported Kimi Antonelli after the teenage prodigy faces intense pressure amid his run of struggles.
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Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025
At the national championships back in May, the Chinese prodigy swam the 200m individual relay in 2:10.63.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 26 July 2025
Other historical spaces of note: the Basildon Room, with frescoes of Dante’s Divine Comedy by 18th-century child prodigy and Swiss painter Angelica Kauffman, imported over from an English estate in financial distress.
—Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2025
That’s when Mike meets his client’s wayward grandson, Kyle (Alex Shaffer), who’s a wrestling prodigy.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 25 July 2025
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Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025
At the national championships back in May, the Chinese prodigy swam the 200m individual relay in 2:10.63.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 26 July 2025
Other historical spaces of note: the Basildon Room, with frescoes of Dante’s Divine Comedy by 18th-century child prodigy and Swiss painter Angelica Kauffman, imported over from an English estate in financial distress.
—Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2025
That’s when Mike meets his client’s wayward grandson, Kyle (Alex Shaffer), who’s a wrestling prodigy.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prodigy
Noun
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Miranda stays calm throughout, which is sort of a miracle, but the interesting thing here is Joy’s reaction.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
8 Aug. 2025
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There were just a lot of miracles along the way that allowed this to be made.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
8 Aug. 2025
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Themes Woven from Everyday Wonder Rather than searching for drama, Bone Flute leans into the quiet marvels of everyday experience.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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On Helgoland, researchers presented a parade of technological marvels that all depend on the quantum math of Heisenberg and Schrödinger.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Aug. 2025
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Alves devoted part of that speech to the wonders of this country by providing the blessings of freedom and opportunity to people like him.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
16 Aug. 2025
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The solipsism of low self-esteem is one of the wonders of the human psyche.—
Vivian Gornick,
New Yorker,
16 Aug. 2025
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Northern Canada and Alaska will have the highest likelihood of viewing the phenomenon, once the sun sets in the state.—
Ty Roush,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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These past few weeks have also brought to mind the Kennedy researcher Harold Weisberg, whose early books were a countercultural phenomenon and who was known for his diligent, insistent filling of FOIA requests.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
7 Aug. 2025
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