miracle
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈmɪrəkl/
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milagro
- After that impact, it's a miracle the car is in one piece and the driver could walk away.
- miracles happen
- believe in miracles
- expect miracles
A lot of people are told about the miracle that is IVF.
- A lot of people are told about the miracle that is IVF.
- I didn't realize that the miracle was always within myself.
- You know, I mean, what a what a miracle to exist.
- The assumption that the idea there is, is that miracles don't happen, right?
- And you have, you know, Lazarus, like miracles, not, not too uncommonly.
- And I won't go into it, but miracle after miracle after miracle occurred.
- The question is that a miracle or is it a technology?
- It's, it's such a remarkable miracle that we're all here.
- So to me that that's a miracle that's like so far beyond reality.
- No, but clarity may be the only miracle we have in these situations.
- As we sat distracted by flickering scenes of Jesus's miracles, the phone rang.
- But tomorrow, like a miracle, he will disappear.
Examples
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I expect a miracle every single day.
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It's, it's such a remarkable miracle that we're all here.
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And it was a kind of miracle because we had both.
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You know, I mean, what a what a miracle to exist.
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It's a miracle he lived as long as he did, to be honest.
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The staff at my school works miracles with and for our students on a daily basis.
Academic text (2013) -
Given the distances, it was a miracle that anyone got there so fast.
Fiction book (1990) -
Do you believe in miracles, Beth?
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It was nothing short of a miracle and I am so lucky to be here.
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Witnessing the birth of my child was a true miracle that I'll cherish forever.
Synonyms
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1.0
A place or thing that is very surprising and beautiful
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7.2
A person or thing that becomes very famous and attracts attention
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7.9
An action by a god or spirit that changes what happens to people
Antonyms
Compounds
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6.7
A person people believe causes amazing events like healings that others cannot explain
How Remarkable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Miracle comes from the Latin mirari, which means 'to wonder', and it shares the same root as admire. So a miracle is something that makes people feel wonder and seem beyond normal explanation.