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causing great emotional or mental stimulation
a spy novel with a truly mind-bending plot
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Recent Examples of mind-bending
Qubits as lab space Willow previously made headlines for its mind-bending computational power.
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
For once, zooming in proves to be prohibitive, only in seeing the scope of this mind-bending tragedy does Greengrass truly find his most important story.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
Expect a rush of mind-bending sounds from the duo.
—Bret Saunders, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
Einstein’s theory of relativity is one of the most mind-bending theories ever devised.
—Don Lincoln, Big Think, 29 Aug. 2025
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
For once, zooming in proves to be prohibitive, only in seeing the scope of this mind-bending tragedy does Greengrass truly find his most important story.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
Expect a rush of mind-bending sounds from the duo.
—Bret Saunders, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
Einstein’s theory of relativity is one of the most mind-bending theories ever devised.
—Don Lincoln, Big Think, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mind-bending
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Located in northern Spain, along the Bay of Biscay and between the popular cities of Bilbao and San Sebastián, the Urola Coast of Basque Country is a breathtaking stretch of shoreline.—
Michelle Arellano Martin,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Nov. 2025
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In dozens of interviews in villages on Venezuela's breathtaking northeastern coast, from which some of the boats departed, residents and relatives said the dead men had indeed been running drugs but were not narco-terrorists or leaders of a cartel or gang.—
NPR,
NPR,
8 Nov. 2025
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Shirley Valentine serves as an escape for those who envision a life more exciting, a fact to which Collins attributed its success.—
Lisa de los Reyes,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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Surveying the broader landscape of AI benchmarks, Mahdi said researchers and developers have many exciting avenues to explore.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
6 Nov. 2025
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Suddenly, sincerity felt like a fresher approach to a contemporary political story—more interesting, more unexpected, and more aligned with my artistic ethos.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Krasinski also has the least interesting yet very successful Hollywood career imaginable, but that doesn’t mean he should be exiled or worse.—
Choire Sicha,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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However, the Houston Rockets are certainly an intriguing option, and might be one that Morant would love.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Still, there were some pretrial motions that were intriguing and offered a glimpse as to what the trial in December in front of a jury in Charlotte could look like.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Nov. 2025
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Johnson emphasized that the same was happening with him personally after the thrilling Game 7, as people who didn't tune in to an MLB game recently were brought back in by the Dodgers' run.—
Gabe Smallson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Perhaps the most thrilling part of diving in Nevis, however, is the many shipwrecks which all have a story.—
Adrienne Jordan,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Mind-bending.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mind-bending. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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