prodigious
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Even after a prodigious pop Wednesday, Wendy’s shares have trailed the S&P 500 by 89 percentage points over the past two years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
The 19-year-old, whose prodigious leap makes him a potent aerial threat, finished joint top of the Prem try-scoring charts with 18 this season.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 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
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
They erected elaborate ceremonial buildings and prodigious numbers of forts.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing prodigious
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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