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 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 The labels recognized her talent — a geeky theater kid who happened to be a writing prodigy. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2025 Not all players are prodigies, and not all coaches Yoda-like figures overflowing with zen wisdom. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for prodigy
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Noun
  • One life saved by heroic medical care is a miracle.
    Dr. Tom Frieden, Time, 30 Sep. 2025
  • With Liverpool returning to the Turkish city for their Champions League game against Galatasaray, this is the story of a football miracle, told to James Pearce and Simon Hughes by the people who were on the pitch, in the dugout and in the stands.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Execs dream of a worldwide witching hour, where audiences in countries far and wide marvel at Brian Flores’ blitz packages and debate whether Jonnu Smith made a football move.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Passersby pause to take in the beauty of her native plants or offer a compliment, and children, mouths agape and fingers pointing, marvel at the buzzing inhabitants.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The stakes are relatively low, and the childhood wonder may not work for more cynical adult viewers, but Skeleton Crew is a solid example of Star Wars' unlimited potential to tell all kinds of stories without having to relate everything back to the Skywalker Saga.
    Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025
  • So grab your telescope — or just your imagination — and prepare to explore the luminous wonders above.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • One of the most important phenomena in high-altitude Sonoma vineyards is the inversion layer, the blanket of fog that hovers between 800 and 1,800 feet throughout many mornings of the growing season.
    Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2025
  • And in 2024, two tornadoes hit Wisconsin in February, the first time the weather phenomenon occurred in that month in state history.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 28 Sep. 2025

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“Prodigy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prodigy. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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