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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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prodigy
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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
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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
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Bridges have always been one of the most awe-inspiring marvels of engineering.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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Having players in their usual roles could do wonders for a rush defense and pass rush that have been inconsistent throughout Oliver’s injury.—
Joe Buscaglia,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Still, having a quality linebacker like Overshown would do wonders for the defense.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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That phenomenon, called microbetting, forever changed gambling by turbo-boosting the speed of betting behaviors.—
Paul Solotaroff,
Rolling Stone,
12 Oct. 2025
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The movie was a massive success, winning Best Picture at the Oscars and going on to become a cultural phenomenon.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Prodigy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prodigy. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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