as in astonishing
causing wonder or astonishment
the staggering scope of the new construction on campus
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as in wobbling
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as in lurching
to move forward while swaying from side to side
I was so tired last night that I just staggered upstairs to bed without eating dinner
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as in faltering
to show uncertainty about the right course of action
a daunting problem that would make even the most decisive person stagger just a bit
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Recent Examples of staggering
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
23 June 2026
Wright is best known for her roles as Nurse Roberts on Scrubs and as Maxine Landis across a staggering 244 episodes of Days of Our Lives.
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Chris Snellgrove,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 June 2026
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2026
Instead of staggering the fests and conferences over nine or 11 days, everything is now crammed into the same seven-day period, including film and TV, education, comedy and tech.
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Thor Christensen,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
Sandisk has climbed a staggering 735% over that period.
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Max Zahn,
ABC News,
23 June 2026
Wright is best known for her roles as Nurse Roberts on Scrubs and as Maxine Landis across a staggering 244 episodes of Days of Our Lives.
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Chris Snellgrove,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 June 2026
Verb
As the Transit officers descended down to the 4/5/6 platform, one of Griffin’s victims came staggering up the stairs, seeking medial attention, Tisch said.
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Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2026
Instead of staggering the fests and conferences over nine or 11 days, everything is now crammed into the same seven-day period, including film and TV, education, comedy and tech.
—
Thor Christensen,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for staggering
Adjective
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The adjacent riverfront area has seen astonishing growth and improvements, with a two-mile-long stretch of pedestrian paths, parks and other green space, and an event pavilion.
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According to a comprehensive reporting analysis published by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, an astonishing 79% of public companies actually increased their page counts after the rule went into effect, and 64% increased the total number of individual risk factors disclosed.
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During testing, the creator found that the stock connection caused excessive wobbling while driving, leading to the development of a custom dual-rod mechanism designed to stabilize head movement.
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Losers often exit the octagon wobbling, smiling, fogged, concussed.
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The old guard of the Democratic Party suffered another body blow when three socialist congressional candidates in New York with anti-Israel platforms swept to victory, lurching the party even further to the left.
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When Colombia heads to the polls June 21, the region will be watching to see if the nation joins the right-wing surge across Latin America, with Chile, Honduras, and Costa Rica lurching to the political right over the past year.
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Chris Jung | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of Nvidia have been faltering recently — and Kalshi traders predict that what the company can charge for chips is also declining.
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After faltering in last year’s Div.
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And the locations are amazing — the shootout occurs at the fort of Sant’Andrea that nobody really knows anything about in Venice.
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Lego is amazing, and Lego Star Wars in particular.
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The point is not indecision, nor contradiction.
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Campos said the late surge likely reflected voter indecision in the gubernatorial primary.
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When Jackass Forever came out in 2022, the world was still reeling from the effects of the pandemic, which surely affected its box office.
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Derek Hill robbed Juan Soto of a two-run homer with a spectacular catch that helped Zack Wheeler and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the reeling New York Mets 2-1 on Friday night.
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The book does often feel like a recording of a mental jam session, but there is also a sense of being guided by a kind of hesitating yet urgent voice that needs to get things figured out.
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While their rivals started spending significant sums of money as soon as the 2024-25 season finished, Spurs wasted a couple of weeks hesitating about the long-term future of then head coach Ange Postecoglou before replacing him with Thomas Frank.
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“Staggering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staggering. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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