as in shock
informal
something that shows or teaches you something in a surprising way
Traveling abroad can be a real eye-opener to many people. They say her biography is quite an eye-opener.
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Recent Examples of eye-opener
The simple act of diligent expense tracking is a big eye-opener.
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True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
The project has been an eye-opener for Collett and hopes the audience consuming the photo book will have the same experience.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 19 May 2025
Each team scored in Wednesday’s opening 2 minutes and 5 seconds, for a 1-1 eye-opener.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
According to Bush Hager, that article was quite the eye-opener for her mother.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2025
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True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
The project has been an eye-opener for Collett and hopes the audience consuming the photo book will have the same experience.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 19 May 2025
Each team scored in Wednesday’s opening 2 minutes and 5 seconds, for a 1-1 eye-opener.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
According to Bush Hager, that article was quite the eye-opener for her mother.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eye-opener
Noun
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Clark’s ranking was a shock to many across the social media landscape.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2025
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But when faced with financial shocks or broader economic uncertainty, many businesses reduce their credit card payments by an average of 3.2%.—
Juliana Berger,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
Noun
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The Blue Jackets, who added veteran forwards Charlie Coyle and Miles Wood earlier in the day, selected defenseman Jackson Smith with the No. 14 overall pick and — in a surprise to many — goaltender Pyotr Andreyanov with the No. 20 overall pick.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Lorde celebrated the release of Virgin by performing the entire album live for the first time at a surprise, early-morning set at Glastonbury.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
27 June 2025
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But recent revelations say the divided response to the last album cycle read too much into the bubbly early-aughts nostalgia on its aesthetic surface, not recognizing Solar’s pursuit of joy, smallness, and sated inaccessibility as coping strategies.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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Jordan once fired on a small hut suspected of shooting down a U.S. helicopter and later learned that women and children were among the dead inside, a revelation that always haunted him, even though his actions were found to be legal, the clemency petition said.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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Last word The Red Sox’s trade of Rafael Devers was a shocker, and the timing of it, killing the buzz after their sweep of the Yankees, was rough to swallow.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
21 June 2025
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Breslow and San Francisco Giants President Buster Posey executed the season’s biggest shocker Sunday, with the Red Sox sending slugger Rafael Devers to the Giants for four players in a blockbuster that busted baseball’s norms.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2025
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But while global markets are expected to see an initial jolt, there are other mitigating factors that could soften the blow.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
22 June 2025
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Disney had anticipated that E-na’s atypical nature might be a jolt to audiences.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
19 June 2025
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“Eye-opener.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eye-opener. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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