as in marvel
something extraordinary or surprising
it's a miracle that you weren't hurt in the accident
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Recent Examples of miracle
At a time when generative AI is often discussed in extremes—either as a miracle solution or an existential threat—Declarations offers a more useful middle ground by treating AI as a production tool that can expand historical storytelling.
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Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
His first World Cup experience, however, took things back to 1954, when Sepp Herberger’s men defeated hot favorites Hungary in a final credited with spearheading the Wirtschaftswunder, a miracle of the economic kind.
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Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
Iraq, meanwhile, will be looking for a miracle.
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Ben Church,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
Is this citrusy ritual really the miracle elixir it’s hyped up to be?
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Lynn Andriani,
Martha Stewart,
23 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for miracle
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
His first World Cup experience, however, took things back to 1954, when Sepp Herberger’s men defeated hot favorites Hungary in a final credited with spearheading the Wirtschaftswunder, a miracle of the economic kind.
—
Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
Iraq, meanwhile, will be looking for a miracle.
—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
Is this citrusy ritual really the miracle elixir it’s hyped up to be?
—
Lynn Andriani,
Martha Stewart,
23 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for miracle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for miracle
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Durica said the event that shaped the world leaves behind much more than a board game and a marvel of engineering.
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The Amazing Race is a program that used to win this category year over year, and is considered a production marvel.
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Obviously, there are rooftoppers that hail from all over the planet, so perhaps young generations with nothing left to lose are a universal phenomenon nowadays.
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Either dark energy is a real phenomenon, causing the universe to grow bigger at a faster and faster rate, or there is no dark energy at all, and scientists have somehow misunderstood the laws of gravity at cosmic scales.
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This avoidance tactic can explain the modern mismatch between sounds and spelling in wolf, wood and wonder.
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No wonder Yard Act realized music is the lifeline that just might pull us back out of the muck.
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Kevin Young—now The New Yorker’s poetry editor—was a year behind Whitehead, but already a campus prodigy.
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An engineering prodigy, Harley has to get creative to survive her large family, and invents a number of gizmos and gadgets to help improve her chaotic household.
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“Miracle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miracle. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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