as in surprises
to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected
your ability to remember names and faces amazes me
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Recent Examples of amazes
What amazes her is how someone chose to save these items and hang on to them for future generations.
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
Personality-wise, Luca amazes me.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025
What amazes me is how the same film sparks such different conversations, depending on the room.
—Eitan Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Remus, who is now 5, amazes his family by reading books on his own, a development which Whittenburg attributes in part to the Imagination Library.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2025
What amazes her is how someone chose to save these items and hang on to them for future generations.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2025
Selling 17,000 social robots still amazes me.
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 6 June 2025
Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
Personality-wise, Luca amazes me.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025
What amazes me is how the same film sparks such different conversations, depending on the room.
—Eitan Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Remus, who is now 5, amazes his family by reading books on his own, a development which Whittenburg attributes in part to the Imagination Library.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2025
What amazes her is how someone chose to save these items and hang on to them for future generations.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2025
Selling 17,000 social robots still amazes me.
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 6 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amazes
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The dinner occasion is Allura’s fifth wedding anniversary to considerably younger football superstar Chase Munroe (Matthew Noszka), who surprises her with a whopping great rock that once belonged to Elizabeth Taylor.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Nov. 2025
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The thing that surprises me every night is how heavy the dress is.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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His work astonishes and moves people far beyond the fashion bubble to this day.—
WWD Staff,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Take the quiz here … RETIREMENT PLEA – Chiefs coach's blunt message to Josh Allen after Bills victory stuns NFL fans.—
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FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Among them, Colleen Allen’s debut velvet maxi stuns in its simplicity, and Dries Van Noten’s bohemian take, fresh off the FW25 runway, makes a convincing case for maximalism.—
Laura Jackson,
Vogue,
22 Oct. 2025
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Someone’s unexpected behavior might push you to set new boundaries or make a financial move that shocks even you.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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This novel is about an aging Brooklyn deacon shocks his community by shooting the local drug dealer in 1969.—
Kris Slugg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Nov. 2025
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As the dolphin gets closer to the glass, the Chihuahua lets out a bark that startles the dolphin, who then starts mimicking the dog's mouth movements in a sort of chasing game across species.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Amazes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amazes. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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