prodigious
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But the biggest thing that brought the pair together was their unshakeable desire to succeed as they quickly built reputations as prodigious young talents.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
The key difference this time, with all due credit to Talarico and his prodigious fundraising, is his damaged-goods opponent.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
Meta and Alphabet, once prodigious buyers of their own stock, didn’t repurchase any shares during the first quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Another risk to Microsoft posed by AI is prodigious capital spending on chips to run AI, data centers, and electric power generation.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Standing on this limb, you could by a prodigious effort jump far enough out into the river for safety.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
Vocabulary lists containing prodigious
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