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Recent Examples of astonishingly
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.
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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
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
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This set includes eight in saturated tones, plus 30 faux maple leaves that are surprisingly detailed and great for scattering along a mantle or layering into a centerpiece.—
Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Told from the point of view of Ruffalo's lawman and the everyman (Tom Pelphry) who is surprisingly leading the robberies, the drama is seriously dark but also thoughtful and addictive.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Fortunately, there are these amazingly good protein chips made with real ingredients to choose from.—
Sherri Gordon,
Parents,
19 Aug. 2025
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Hundreds of pieces by local artists (who, amazingly, have included Jackson Pollock and Elaine and Willem de Kooning) are hung up and ready to be grabbed by the art lovers who have lined up early to find the next superstar.—
Lois Alter Mark,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 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
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La Spezia is your gateway to Pisa, Genoa, and Florence, as well as Cinque Terre, five stunningly vertical villages that are all easily connected by train.—
Wendy Altschuler,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Howard’s reputation for being a workmanlike filmmaker — solid, unflashy, without an easily noticeable personal style — proves to be stunningly effective in Frost/Nixon, where the actors and the script are the real stars.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
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Thomas Samson | Afp | Getty Images Heading into another vote of confidence next week, France now unexpectedly finds itself unfavorably compared to Italy, a country previously renowned for political upheaval and economic frailty.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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The famed animal conservationist died after unexpectedly being attacked by a stingray.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Astonishingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/astonishingly. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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