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Recent Examples of astonishingly
That’s astonishingly high for a state like ours, and SB 266 would worsen the desert conditions.
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Josette Walters, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
Friday’s segment capped off the news program’s rollout of the emotionally raw and astonishingly candid interview Guthrie, 54, sat down for with Kotb, her primary substitute for the past seven weeks.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
Our civilization has become astonishingly good at producing new technological and scientific knowledge.
—Shai Tubali, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
The situation devolved into chaos astonishingly quickly.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 26 Mar. 2026
Walls that kept these gardens private for people who let their gardens go to ruin and then, astonishingly, brought them back to life.
—Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
His portrayal of Władysław Szpilman, a real-life Polish Jewish musician who survived the horrors of the Holocaust, is astonishingly raw.
—Devan Coggan, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
Even so, American military operations have for the most part been astonishingly well executed.
—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2026
Then, astonishingly, the first reports of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death began to circulate.
—Pegah Banihashemi, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
Josette Walters, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
Friday’s segment capped off the news program’s rollout of the emotionally raw and astonishingly candid interview Guthrie, 54, sat down for with Kotb, her primary substitute for the past seven weeks.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
Our civilization has become astonishingly good at producing new technological and scientific knowledge.
—Shai Tubali, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
The situation devolved into chaos astonishingly quickly.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 26 Mar. 2026
Walls that kept these gardens private for people who let their gardens go to ruin and then, astonishingly, brought them back to life.
—Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
His portrayal of Władysław Szpilman, a real-life Polish Jewish musician who survived the horrors of the Holocaust, is astonishingly raw.
—Devan Coggan, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
Even so, American military operations have for the most part been astonishingly well executed.
—Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2026
Then, astonishingly, the first reports of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death began to circulate.
—Pegah Banihashemi, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for astonishingly
Adverb
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Pakistan is assuming a surprisingly key diplomatic role in pushing Iran and the US toward ending their war.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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Seimetz’s icy chemistry with Infiniti is instantaneous and surprisingly light on its feet, reflective of the show as a whole despite the heavy themes.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Overall, however, these are amazingly powerful and innovative devices that surely won’t disappoint both diehard Samsung fans and those new to Galaxy.—
Marc Saltzman,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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The older boy had dozens of pellets in his face, but amazingly none hit his eyes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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In terms of quality of life — affluence, food quality and production, life expectancies, standard of living almost everywhere — the news is astoundingly good.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
20 Mar. 2026
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But a social media narrative, especially among left-wing influencers, is that City Councilman Andy Thomson’s astoundingly close five-vote win in the race for mayor is another sign of a great blue Democratic wave sweeping the country, a harbinger of trouble for Republicans in November.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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This stunningly beautiful scientific film features footage of the elusive giant squid in its natural habitat, and the earliest images of deep-sea bioluminescence.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
31 Mar. 2026
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Then Italy was stunningly knocked out of the group stage at the World Cups in 2010 and 2014.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
30 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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In a modern Danish farming family, the patriarch Gorm unexpectedly chooses to pass the family farm to his youngest daughter, Astrid, causing a deep rift.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
31 Mar. 2026
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Not long afterward, in Iran, Ejection unexpectedly ran into the daughter-in-law of one of those former colleagues.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Astonishingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/astonishingly. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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