staggering
tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
Origin of staggering
1Other words from staggering
- stag·ger·ing·ly, adverb
- un·stag·ger·ing, adjective
Words Nearby staggering
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How to use staggering in a sentence
Google taking this data away from us will have an absolutely staggering impact on accounts big and small.
Google’s search terms move will make millions in ad spend invisible to advertisers | Ginny Marvin | September 3, 2020 | Search Engine LandIt is the earliest great stone monument known and a staggering 6,000 years older than Stonehenge.
An Ancient Site with Human Skulls on Display - Issue 89: The Dark Side | Jo Marchant | September 2, 2020 | NautilusHowever, the course of action would put truly staggering numbers of people across all age groups at risk of serious illness and death.
Herd immunity alone won’t stop COVID-19. Here’s why. | Kate Baggaley | September 2, 2020 | Popular-ScienceI wish I had the secret to the staggering amount of scientific knowledge freshman med student Mia possesses, because it’s sufficient to challenge a professor who has an entire building dedicated to her research—gleaming neon logo included.
Stream or Skip? A Synthetic Biologist’s Review of ‘Biohackers’ on Netflix | Elsa Sotiriadis | September 2, 2020 | Singularity HubTo up the revolution, he’s paying private equity firm Thoma Bravo a staggering $11 billion to purchase Ellie Mae, a small but sprinting provider of software that automates the origination process for banks and brokers.
First he took energy trading and the NYSE electronic. Now Jeff Sprecher of ICE shares his plans to digitize your mortgage | Shawn Tully | September 2, 2020 | Fortune
A staggering 80 percent of college women do not report the crime to police, compared to 67 percent of non-students.
College Girls Are Less Likely to Be Raped Than Non-Students | Brandy Zadrozny | December 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs a treatise on the essential vacuity of the white liberal male, Boyhood is a staggering achievement.
The total number of maps reported missing by the affected institutions, however, was a staggering 256.
The Brazilian beauty pulled in a staggering $47 million in 2013 alone, equating to a cool $128,000 a day.
Gisele Bundchen Is Worth $128k a Day; Prince William Gets the Photoshop Treatment | The Fashion Beast Team | July 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe conservative reporter claims to have ‘debunked’ a report showing the staggering number of school shootings in America.
This Gun Nut Says Most School Shootings Aren’t Real | Brandy Zadrozny | June 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen Black Hood put in his appearance, the young man started to move along up the alley, staggering as he walked.
And when the first faint streaks of morning light showed in the sky, all four children were almost staggering with sleep.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler WarnerFrank was staggering, garrulous, laughing a great deal over very small jokes.
Cabin Fever | B. M. BowerHe had heard of famishing men staggering along astonishing distances half-asleep or too dazed to notice where they were going.
The Gold Trail | Harold BindlossIt was a staggering thought to imagine a stretch of water that ended on the sky-line—no land to be seen on the other side!
The Underworld | James C. Welsh
British Dictionary definitions for staggering
/ (ˈstæɡərɪŋ) /
astounding or overwhelming; shocking: a staggering increase in demand
Derived forms of staggering
- staggeringly, adverb
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