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as in marvellous
causing wonder or astonishment
stage magicians performing prodigious feats for rapt audiences
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as in tremendous
unusually large
a prodigious supply of canned food kept in the basement for emergencies
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Recent Examples of prodigious
The project, which comprises songs, poetry, and artwork by everyone from Yoko Ono and Jonathan Franzen to Alice Coltrane and Jarvis Cocker, is just that prodigious.
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Air Mail, 26 Apr. 2025
Susan was impersonating an ordinary teen at Coal Hill School in London, when her prodigious intelligence attracted the attention of teachers Ian Chesterton (William Russell) and Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill).
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 May 2025
The indispensables Lamine Yamal – 10/10 Yamal is a prodigious talent but his explosion this season has been outstanding.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Torrey Pines South ranked first, with U.S. Open pedigree, gnarly rough, a whooping 78.8 course rating and an prodigious 7,805 yards from the back tees.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2025
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Air Mail, 26 Apr. 2025
Susan was impersonating an ordinary teen at Coal Hill School in London, when her prodigious intelligence attracted the attention of teachers Ian Chesterton (William Russell) and Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill).
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 May 2025
The indispensables Lamine Yamal – 10/10 Yamal is a prodigious talent but his explosion this season has been outstanding.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Torrey Pines South ranked first, with U.S. Open pedigree, gnarly rough, a whooping 78.8 course rating and an prodigious 7,805 yards from the back tees.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prodigious
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Having customers in-store provides tremendous advantages for physical stores versus e-commerce. - Mark Francis, Electronic Caregiver 11.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Our beloved community, including League City, San Leon, Dickinson High School, and The Houston Film Commission, were tremendous resources for us.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
6 June 2025
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My daughter came to live with us for nine wonderful years.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
27 May 2025
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Your wonderful dog may or may not hanker to break routine and go on holiday.—
John Oseid,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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The enormous reservoir sits at the confluence of the U.S. and Mexico borders, and the views offer a mix of steep-walled river canyons and wide-open waterways with 12 public boat ramps and 7 paddling trails.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
31 May 2025
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Like Musk, Venis is obsessed with going to outer space and with using his enormous war chest to build hyperscale data centers to create powerful anti-woke AI systems.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
31 May 2025
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There isn’t a huge amount of that, but the fact that the robots are fighting at all is astonishing.—
John Koetsier,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Regardless of his personal situation, what Enrique has done to this PSG side has been nothing short of astonishing.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
1 June 2025
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When Autonomous Agents Go Rogue AI agents employ machine learning to continually learn from vast volumes of real-time data.—
Steve Durbin,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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As such, the vast majority of professional women in our workforce have interrupted careers; sadly, the resultant gaps on their resumés make resuming work and maintaining traction exceedingly difficult, sometimes impossible.—
Susan Rietano Davey,
Hartford Courant,
30 May 2025
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Comments Chloe Fineman has explained how that amazing triple Jennifer Coolidge impression — Fineman, Dana Carvey, and host Ariana Grande — landed on Saturday Night Live.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
28 May 2025
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Following the amazing Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake from the end of last year, the other two parts of the Erdrick Trilogy are being combined into one game.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Okonkwo made a huge impression in north Wales and his move was made permanent last summer on a free transfer.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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Lamine’s extension is another huge statement from FC Barcelona After seeing Pedri, Gavi, Ronald Araujo and Raphinha all commit in the last few months, tying down Lamine is another huge statement from President Joan Laporta and Sporting Director Deco.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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The three most colossal creatures across land, sea and air within that tropical biosphere hold, in their DNA, the key to a drug that will bring miraculous life-saving benefits to humankind.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
2 June 2025
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Still, Maye was able to make a miraculous pass for the first down, throwing against the grain.—
Ted Nguyen,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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“Prodigious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prodigious. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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