staggeringly

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Recent Examples of staggeringly His goal here was staggeringly good, a shot that seemed to rip through the entire afternoon. — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 Eclipses always come in pairs, but the stages to be expected during a lunar eclipse are staggeringly different from its solar equivalent. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026 The zoo eventually gave up their attempts at capture (all of them staggeringly inept, most of them horrifying), and Flaco spent the next year zipping around Central Park and beyond. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 30 July 2026 The resulting soundstage is wide-open and staggeringly detailed, so much that some headphones will be forever ruined. — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 8 July 2026 Atlanta’s data center market ended March with a vacancy rate of 1%, a staggeringly low figure in commercial development, according to new data from real estate services firm CBRE. — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 26 June 2026 At this point in his staggeringly productive career, Jude could likely pad out an impressive festival sidebar on his own. — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 11 June 2026 Instead, gum arabic, like so much of the country’s gargantuan wealth, now provides both the reason and resources for its staggeringly ruinous civil war. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026 Even by Canadian standards, the beaver population in this area is staggeringly large. — Ryan Huling, Time, 7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for staggeringly
Adverb
  • This requires that software developers understand how to prompt AI with relevant and highly honed questions, validate outputs, understand the limitations of AI models and maintain accountability for the final product.
    — Alberto Lugo, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Programming will be highly curated and editorially led, organizers added, spanning headline conversations, unexpected pairings, global trends and data, cultural insight and case studies from across the international entertainment business.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • In the book, MacLachlan recalls being utterly dumbfounded at having been asked to do something so oblivious at best and cruel at worst.
    — Rachel Brodsky, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • This is because an utterly distinctive element of creation would be missing!
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Beyond wanting reform of existing religious options, these various sects differed greatly from each other.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The Cat Man is back Reports of the demise of Tony Gonsolin were greatly exaggerated.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • As tales of touring and recording with Diddy in other episodes fail to lead to a query about what the Bad Boy founder has been up to since 2024, the doc feels time-stamped and a few considerably eventful years old for the people who come up.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The machine has been given a distinctly Terminator-style appearance for the event, including a menacing head that makes the scene look considerably more cinematic than a conventional robotics demonstration.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • The singer, dressed in all red, much like in the track’s music video, was surrounded by her backup singers for a lively performance of the song, which has taken over social media this past year.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The next time the Panthers take the field, the stakes will be much higher.
    — Alejandro Hernandez, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2026

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“Staggeringly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staggeringly. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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