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miracle | American Dictionary

miracle
noun[ C ]
us/ˈmɪr·ə·kəl/
an unusual and mysterious event that is thought to have been caused by God
A miracle is also any surprising and unexpected event:
[ + (that) clause ]It’s a miracle (that) he wasn’t killed in that car crash.

Examples of miracle

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Later it became a relic and the cause of various miracles.
Imagining the life-span : from premodern miracles to postmodern fantasies.
The miracles become fewer later on, where character is fate, and social contexts help determine even destiny's child.
He was fascinated by displays of miracles and wonders.
Any growth theory we teach our graduate students, and our undergraduates for that matter, must explain growth disasters as well as growth miracles.
My reasons for insisting on a distinction between miracles and magic are purely epistemic.
Not all miracles however, are part of a magical sequence.
Arguably, the divine sanction provided by miracles was especially important to a religion which found itself on the defensive.
Far from freedom, what men seek are miracles, mystery, and authority.
Necessarily, most miracles are not bad or bodged.
Several considerations might be brought against this ' softening ' of the status of miracles.
A view of miracles as logically impossible is based on commitments that are both unnecessary and too strong.
One might point out also that faith is often mentioned in connection with the biblical miracles.
Larmer uses this idea to argue for miracles as special-creation (or annihilation) events.
By denying that the universe is a closed system to which conservation laws properly apply, we open the way for miracles.
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Collocations withmiracle

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These are words often used in combination with miracle.

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economic miracle
There is a rational explanation for the phenomenon of the 'economicmiracle'.
medical miracle
Unfortunately, the ability to deliver this medicalmiracle is limited by a severe worldwide shortage of organs that continues to worsen.
minor miracle
With so many people being taken off trains in the dark, it is a minormiracle that no one suffered an accident.
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