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stupefied by the ruling that he could not compete because he missed the qualifying age by two days
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The bounty of data comes from a batch of new surveys, most notably one by the European Space Agency (ESA) observatory Gaia, that are collecting stupefying amounts of information.
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Ann Finkbeiner, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
Glass eels hate turbulence, and cold water stupefies them.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
The technologies' outcome, like the number of stars, is also stupefying: The Mesopotamians might have been off by a finger or so held at arm's length, maybe a degree of arc, and Hipparchus was off by about half a degree, or 30 arc minutes.
—Ann Finkbeiner, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
People caught up in the tragedy, including the cult leader Jim Jones’s son Stephan and the former congresswoman Jackie Speier, reflect on the stupefying chain of events.
—Mike Hale, New York Times, 6 June 2024
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Ann Finkbeiner, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
Glass eels hate turbulence, and cold water stupefies them.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
The technologies' outcome, like the number of stars, is also stupefying: The Mesopotamians might have been off by a finger or so held at arm's length, maybe a degree of arc, and Hipparchus was off by about half a degree, or 30 arc minutes.
—Ann Finkbeiner, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
People caught up in the tragedy, including the cult leader Jim Jones’s son Stephan and the former congresswoman Jackie Speier, reflect on the stupefying chain of events.
—Mike Hale, New York Times, 6 June 2024
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stupefy
verb
stu·pe·fy
ˈst(y)ü-pə-ˌfī 
stupefied; stupefying
Medical Definition
stupefy
transitive verb
stu·pe·fy
ˈst(y)ü-pə-ˌfī
stupefied; stupefying
: to make stupid, groggy, or insensible
stupefied by anesthesia
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