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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
Exploring the musical of Sly Stone and his prodigious legacy, the work will stream on Hulu next month.
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Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 23 Jan. 2025
The prodigious and satirical Village Voice cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter and more died Friday surrounded by friends at his home in Richfield Springs, N.Y., about 70 miles west of Albany.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
France and Germany are in political turmoil, and the E.U.’s prodigious decision-making architecture moves slowly.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, the exterior and interior complement the engine swap to perfectly match the prodigious output, with Vigilante founder Daniel van Doveren’s eye for detail evident throughout the vehicle.
—Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 15 Jan. 2025
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Houston validated it with a tremendous comeback win at Arizona.—
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And if the designation became a steppingstone to launching flashy unilateral military strikes on Mexican soil, the battle against fentanyl smuggling would suffer a tremendous setback.—
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Parker Hall The Best MagSafe Accessories for Your New iPhone The weird, wonderful world of MagSafe accessories can make your smartphone feel modular.—
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One pole of the action is the Green Dolphin Hotel, where Hezekiah and Alec finally find a place to land, and where Hezekiah’s ability to speak Chinese, a legacy from a Chinese grandmother, endears him to the proprietor, Mr. Lao (Jason Tobin, quiet and wonderful); some Elephants are around as well.—
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Trump demanded $500 billion in Ukraine's minerals as repayment for U.S. assistance, but Zelenskyy retorted that American aid hasn't come close to that enormous figure.—
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The recognition is well-deserved—these tools have had enormous impacts on patients, physicians and the health systems that facilitate care.—
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Nvidia's astonishing market ride rests on the assumption that AI will be the tech industry's next universal platform and that demand for AI products and services will be massive.—
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This contradicts the classic anthropomorphic analogies of Disney’s Pinocchio and Dumbo, as well as The Little Prince, The Iron Giant, Babe and Babe: Pig in the City, and Zack Snyder’s astonishing Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’hoole.—
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Of course, the vast majority of these conscious-community figures aren’t leading cults, breaking laws, or condoning anyone who is, but there’s an openness to unconventional beliefs and conspiracy theories that the more predatory characters take advantage of.—
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For much of her life, our writer consumed vast quantities of sugar every day.—
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There's actually a bevy of shine-boosting, ultra-nourishing oils on the market that deliver amazing results to delicate strands.—
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Ah, but what if the amazing decline in light bulb prices made people buy 20-30x as many light bulbs!—
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The 27-track album became a huge catalyst for the recent spotlight on Black country artists and the genre's roots.—
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Wave Energy Could Meet The Demands Of The AI Boom, And Much More With such vast potential, wave energy could play a huge role in powering the AI boom.—
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In a miraculous fall from the height of fame, Faithfull lost custody of her child and wound up homeless on the streets of London.—
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By the wannabe Yoda’s logic, as successful as a network like NBC was at the time, within a few years, one of its lesser rivals would almost surely mount a miraculous comeback and leave the Peacock looking plucked.—
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“Prodigious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prodigious. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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