prodigious
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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
A writer, activist, organizer, prodigious intellect and a lifelong crusader for racial equality, Du Bois might have deemed his own life a failure, especially if he’d lived another 60 years.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
A music man in his own right, McCartney’s father exerted a prodigious influence on The Beatles’ knack for ranging far and wide when it came to generic considerations.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
While in Congress, Porter proved to be a prodigious fundraiser.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
“My dragons have developed a prodigious taste for mutton since we began to pay the shepherds for their kills. Have these claims been proven?”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing prodigious
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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