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 The cast also features Lumi Pollack as cello prodigy Rosie, Casey Trotter as drummer Cliff, Brooklynn Pitts as choreographer Callie, Ava Jean as social media star Madison and Malachi Barton as the camp’s resident bad boy, Fletch. Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025 Precocious, loud, and ambitious, he was discovered early by local trainers and promoters, and proved to be a boxing prodigy. Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025 Justin Northwest track prodigy Cooper Lutkenhaus defied the odds making it to the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2025 The company, founded by 20-something co-founder prodigies Sriharsha Guduguntla and Atul Raghunathan, uses conversational AI to train sales teams with deep, specific product knowledge and simulations that mimic real sales meetings. Derek Newton, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for prodigy
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Noun
  • Then we got suckered again, paying $100,000 to another miracle healer who had something called a PAP-IMI machine, which can supposedly cure anything with electromagnetic waves.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Nina Tassler bought the pitch in the room but a bigger miracle to be teamed up with Jerry Bruckheimer.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
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  • Browse a bit and marvel at the beauty of the buildings and the window displays.
    Pat Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Bridges have always been one of the most awe-inspiring marvels of engineering.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Hoping the isolation will work wonders for his TV script, Harry (who’s clearly never heard of The Shining) becomes addicted to Limitless-style pills that enhance his creative output but have devastating personal effects.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Oct. 2025
  • In autumn, cooler temperatures and more regular rainfall do wonders to revive a tired summer lawn.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The news comes roughly three months after KPop Demon Hunters premiered on Netflix, rapidly becoming a pop culture phenomenon.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 5 Oct. 2025
  • It's become a global pop culture phenomenon, translated into multiple languages, and is now also a live-action Netflix series.
    Kate Bartlett, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025

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“Prodigy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prodigy. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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