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Recent Examples of stunningly
Listen to our Greatest Pop Stars podcast discussion about Bad Bunny’s stunningly full year here, and find the rest of our updating top 10 list with all our corresponding essays and pods here.
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Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2026
Its stagnant population challenge is really about the stunningly few Americans who relocate to California.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 30 Jan. 2026
Monticello is stunningly beautiful.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Is there another book at once so good and so bad, so thrilling and so boring, so authentic to the currents of the soul and so hideously contrived, so stunningly patrolled by dreamlike visions and so crushed by its own intellectual baggage?
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026
The root cause of the disappointing guidance — a reduction in manufacturing capacity ahead of a big increase in demand for Intel’s central processing units — strikes me as a stunningly bad strategic decision.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
The parents of four have not publicly responded to their firstborn’s stunningly cringeworthy claims.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
There’s nothing revolutionary or stunningly opulent on display here.
—Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 21 Jan. 2026
In August, Martin was on an author panel at WorldCon when a fan asked a stunningly rude question.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 15 Jan. 2026
Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2026
Its stagnant population challenge is really about the stunningly few Americans who relocate to California.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 30 Jan. 2026
Monticello is stunningly beautiful.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Is there another book at once so good and so bad, so thrilling and so boring, so authentic to the currents of the soul and so hideously contrived, so stunningly patrolled by dreamlike visions and so crushed by its own intellectual baggage?
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026
The root cause of the disappointing guidance — a reduction in manufacturing capacity ahead of a big increase in demand for Intel’s central processing units — strikes me as a stunningly bad strategic decision.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
The parents of four have not publicly responded to their firstborn’s stunningly cringeworthy claims.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
There’s nothing revolutionary or stunningly opulent on display here.
—Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 21 Jan. 2026
In August, Martin was on an author panel at WorldCon when a fan asked a stunningly rude question.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stunningly
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Virgo August 23 – September 22 Quiet focus can unlock amazingly efficient rhythms.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
19 Jan. 2026
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Yet despite repeat violators’ drivers increased risk for crashes, state law amazingly prohibits insurers from using camera violations to charge higher insurance rates.—
Richard Robbins,
New York Daily News,
19 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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At their closest points, helicopters and planes flew within 75 feet of each other near DCA, an astonishingly close number.—
Sam Sweeney,
ABC News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Over the past decade, Apple (AAPL) stock has astonishingly provided $847 Bil back to its investors through dividends and stock buybacks.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Not surprisingly, government agencies and regulators noticed this effect.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The actors found the trip surprisingly moving.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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To Dallas’ astoundingly great luck, the arrival and rise of Cooper Flagg has been a bright ray of hope and excitement, but with Doncic back in the building the air was thick with gloom, regret and, yes, ongoing anger.—
Brad Townsend,
Dallas Morning News,
31 Jan. 2026
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Still, anything short of a shutout from Minter’s defense wasn’t going to win Sunday in a game where the Chargers’ only score was a 21-yard field goal in the second quarter – an astoundingly poor showing, offensively.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
13 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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This is a delicate, unexpectedly powerful slice of cinema literally unveiled, the filmmakers as liberated as the characters hope to one day be.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
3 Feb. 2026
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The discovery emerged unexpectedly when students noticed a reaction occurring much faster than anticipated during early tests.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Stunningly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stunningly. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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