astoundingly
Americanadverb
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“The percentage of workers who have either received lung transplants or who are awaiting lung transplants is astoundingly high.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
More important, it is evidence of how astoundingly ill-informed they are about the role they play in American life and how and why it has changed so dramatically.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
But even humble midday meals are astoundingly more expensive, especially for office workers.
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2026
Both of these conclusions are astoundingly backward, which may be why the majority did not try to flesh them out: to describe the majority’s reasoning is to refute it.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2025
Games like Tribe, Unreal, Quake, even the Legend of Zelda and, yes, Doom, can be astoundingly creative, challenging, and imaginative.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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