minor miracle
noun
: something good that is not very likely to happen but does happen
Doctors described her recovery as a minor miracle.
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All of which makes the NSO’s sudden convergence into solid, familiar musical form onstage after stage in city after city feel something like a minor miracle.
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Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
Winning five of the first six games at UNLV is a minor miracle.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2023
Even a minor miracle in her favor — securing a Section 8 voucher for housing — was no promise of getting off the streets.
—Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
The crowd embraced even the sadder or more emotionally ambiguous songs, which seemed like a minor miracle.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Aug. 2023
Looking back, Gilroy sees Andor as a minor miracle.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 June 2023
The crowd’s response to this minor miracle of electronic simultaneity is high-spirited and good-natured.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023
That audiences have accepted it—enough to make Cage the forty-sixth highest-grossing movie star in the world—is a minor miracle.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 7 Jan. 2022
This minor miracle was made possible by Finnish engineering student and Linux developer Antti Palosaari.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2013
Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
Winning five of the first six games at UNLV is a minor miracle.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2023
Even a minor miracle in her favor — securing a Section 8 voucher for housing — was no promise of getting off the streets.
—Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
The crowd embraced even the sadder or more emotionally ambiguous songs, which seemed like a minor miracle.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Aug. 2023
Looking back, Gilroy sees Andor as a minor miracle.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 June 2023
The crowd’s response to this minor miracle of electronic simultaneity is high-spirited and good-natured.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023
That audiences have accepted it—enough to make Cage the forty-sixth highest-grossing movie star in the world—is a minor miracle.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 7 Jan. 2022
This minor miracle was made possible by Finnish engineering student and Linux developer Antti Palosaari.
—IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2013
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“Minor miracle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minor%20miracle. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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