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Recent Examples of astonishingly
Cosmologists now argue the universe’s primordial magnetic fields were astonishingly weak, comparable to the brain’s tiny signals, yet still thread today’s cosmic web.
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
Tulloch is one of Silicon Valley’s cutting-edge AI researchers who have lately attracted astonishingly lucrative job offers from legacy tech companies trying to lure them away from their AI-native startups.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
The production process is astonishingly simple.
—Akiko Katayama, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
But for the first time since Boy George sprang for eyeliner and a dress, the British pop scene came astonishingly alive in the past year.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
But the film’s wild, icy and rural visuals, captured grandly by cinematographer Tyson Perkins, are astonishingly gorgeous to meditate in.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
But to close out the show, the band launched into the Bon Jovi fist-pumper, which, astonishingly, turns 40 next year.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2025
And astonishingly, most of the crowd obliged, jumping and dancing with their hands in the air.
—Billboard Korea, Billboard, 4 Aug. 2025
Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
Tulloch is one of Silicon Valley’s cutting-edge AI researchers who have lately attracted astonishingly lucrative job offers from legacy tech companies trying to lure them away from their AI-native startups.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
The production process is astonishingly simple.
—Akiko Katayama, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
But for the first time since Boy George sprang for eyeliner and a dress, the British pop scene came astonishingly alive in the past year.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
But the film’s wild, icy and rural visuals, captured grandly by cinematographer Tyson Perkins, are astonishingly gorgeous to meditate in.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025
But to close out the show, the band launched into the Bon Jovi fist-pumper, which, astonishingly, turns 40 next year.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2025
And astonishingly, most of the crowd obliged, jumping and dancing with their hands in the air.
—Billboard Korea, Billboard, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for astonishingly
Adverb
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Yet a surprisingly large number of dishes that are washed end up being washed by hand.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The question of which individual investor owns which share of which company is surprisingly murky, an artifact of arcane market plumbing made more difficult by the rise of ETFs and fractional share ownership.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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This is amazingly rude, but still sayable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
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Book a Stay Hotel Bella Grande (which is owned by Cofoco) offers an amazingly central location in downtown Copenhagen, but be advised the rooms are not air-conditioned which can be an issue during the warmer summer months.—
Katie Kelly Bell,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Ruffalo's fallen federal agent is Tom Brandis, a former priest who is reassigned from the field to man career fair booths after an astoundingly terrible family tragedy leaves him a broken man.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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To make matters worse, most leaders of advanced economies are astoundingly clueless as to how to create conditions for vibrant prosperity.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Husseini had proven stunningly corrupt.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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She was stunningly draped in a tan Harith Hashim ensemble, the wavy silhouette of which contrasted with how Andrew Fitzsimons styled her hair perfectly straight.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
11 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Upwards of ten thousand fans made the trip each year, but despite the match-up’s popularity and history, the Georgia Tech administration unexpectedly announced its intention to end the series when the contract ran out in the late 1970s.—
Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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Wholesale inflation prices also fell unexpectedly last month.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Astonishingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/astonishingly. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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