minor miracle

collocation in English

meaningsofminorandmiracle

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minor
adjective
uk
/ˈmaɪ.nər/us
/ˈmaɪ.nɚ/
having little importance, influence, or effect, especially when compared with other things of the ...
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miracle
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmɪr.ə.kəl/us
/ˈmɪr.ə.kəl/
an unusual and mysterious event that is thought to have been caused by a god because it does not follow the usual laws ...
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(Definition ofminorandmiraclefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofminor miracle

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With so many people being taken off trains in the dark, it is aminormiraclethat no one suffered an accident.
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I have been a long time in the animal world and that, too, is aminormiracle.
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It did indeed require a whole company of angels and archangels to work thisminormiracle.
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To get those groups to agree was not just good; it strikes me as aminormiracle.
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It has been acclaimed by the news media as aminormiracle.
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Paralysed people can now function by blinking, and those who have seen them regard it as aminormiracle.
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Aminormiracleappears to have occurred.
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Considering some parts of political history in the past decade, it is aminormiraclein many ways that this degree of consensus has been built up and maintained.
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But in view of the interest discrepancy already referred to, it is something of aminormiraclethat the societies manage to retain even as much as that.
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It was aminormiraclethat even this was possible.
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I often tell my students at the first class that if one of them ever sells a screenplay, it will be aminormiracle.
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For us to survive we're going to have to pull off aminormiracle.
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Notwithstanding, a conference exploring the situation and its possible effects on the community with the individuals at the core of the problem had worked aminormiracle.
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Let me say this: outsiders might think, from the results of the 2004 budget, that the budget specialists are able to produce minor miracles.
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He wanted his students to share his fascination with such processes, which he believed to be minor miracles.
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The fact that we have this mans entire show of 1906 is one of the minor miracles of photography and museology.
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Here the soul becomes aware of infinite energy and can perform minor miracles, like stopping moving objects or filling dried wells with fresh water.
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He invites them back to his camp, where they quickly discover that minor miracles occur, as long as the campers remain apathetic about the result.
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