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amazements

noun

plural of amazement
as in astonishments
the state of being strongly impressed by something unexpected or unusual imagine Dorothy's amazement when she discovered that the Wizard of Oz was just an ordinary man

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  1. astonishments
  2. shocks
Noun
  • The Oscars, airing March 2 on ABC and streaming live on Hulu, will offer up kudos for some of these astonishments.
    — Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2025
Definition of astonishments
Noun
  • Ryosuke Inoue, Visiting Fellow at CSIS Climate change means the shocks testing that system aren’t going away.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
  • One thing that won’t change though is a world investors expect to be hit by recurring supply shocks and persistent inflation.
    — Eric Rosenbaum, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of shocks
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“Amazements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amazements. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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