eye-opening

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eye-opening
Adjective
  • If the ballroom dancing was unexpected, the evening’s entertainment in Clamecy was even more surprising.
    Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2025
  • The fact that Israel carried out the F-35s first combat mission is hardly surprising.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Adjective
  • Its deep, shiny green foliage is a wonderful complement to the perfectly peachy hue of each rose.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2025
  • Colombia’s coastal cities are famous for their cuisine, but don’t overlook their wonderful street foods.
    Cat Sposato, AFAR Media, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • Alfredo Tejada makes a startling company debut as a ferociously frightening Ramón Ruiz Alonso, who arrests Lorca.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
  • The Democratic Party is grappling with questions over its political direction following the startling loss of all three branches of government during the 2024 elections.
    Isabella Murray, ABC News, 7 May 2025
Adjective
  • Dominic Solanke works exceptionally hard but 15 goals in 42 appearances is not an amazing return from their club-record £65m striker.
    Carl Anka, New York Times, 16 May 2025
  • A lot of amazing stories that have aired have come from a collaboration between us and Ellen, and that’s why she’s been a part of the show for so long.
    Max Gao, Variety, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • The size of his collection is shocking: A Long Beach resident is using social media to chronicle his mission to amass the world’s largest VHS collection of the 1999 film starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz.
    Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
  • May 5, 2025: Leo attends his first Met Gala (which is kind of shocking in and of itself) alongside Ceretti, who made her Met Gala debut in 2021.
    Glamour, Glamour, 9 May 2025
Adjective
  • After 23 years and an astonishing 4,953 episodes, the show reaches its finale Friday as the sports media industry’s most prolific on-air talent incubator.
    Dan Shanoff, New York Times, 21 May 2025
  • This gem detailing the ancient underground aqueducts of Rome gives both a visual and historical account of man’s insatiable appetite to overcome nature and create astonishing engineering marvels to uplift the human condition.
    Smithsonian magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2025
Adjective
  • On Sunday night, Brennand will be the recipient of the Kering and Festival du Cannes 2025 Women in Motion Emerging Talent Award because of the stunning achievement that Manas is.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 18 May 2025
  • On March 15, 2024, a solar flare and an accompanying CME led to stunning auroras across the solar system, including on Mars.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
Adjective
  • Revival — Premieres Thursday, June 12 at 10 p.m. ET/PT On one miraculous day in rural Wisconsin, the recently deceased suddenly rise from their graves.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2025
  • That Jia could make anything out of that flotsam and jetsam is astonishing, but his ability to not only recreate those time frames but craft all of it into a woozy, free-floating memory piece is miraculous.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2025
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“Eye-opening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eye-opening. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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