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has been astonishing

  • present perfect progressive of astonish (3rd person singular).

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“The growth from Micron has been astonishing over the past 12 months,” Kerwin told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Jun. 21, 2026

The progress of artificial intelligence has been astonishing, and now we know it’s helping the overall U.S. economy much faster than most thought.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 30, 2026

Jamie Smith's collapse in form has been astonishing.

From BBC Dec. 11, 2025

“To have decades of progress wiped away by e-cigarettes has been astonishing to us who’ve been there all along,” Dr. Robertson said.

From New York Times Oct. 6, 2022

We were celebrating not only my birthday, but Mr. Loomis’s recovery, which has been astonishing, though it is still not complete.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien