stunningly

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Recent Examples of stunningly Dulgarian was the heavy favorite heading into UFC Fight Night 263 over the weekend but stunningly lost in the first round by submission. Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025 Situated high in the Andes Mountains, the stunningly vast Ancash region offers adventures for all levels of climbers, trekkers, and mountaineers. Ally Jaksen, Outside, 4 Nov. 2025 As another once-promising season falls apart, this time stamped out in stunningly emphatic fashion, a conversation that had only begun to percolate is now steaming hot. Chris Vannini, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025 But then Miami fizzled and was stunningly eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025 The emergence of this online community helped fuel menopause’s stunningly swift, some might say, takeover of the culture. Glynnis MacNicol, Flow Space, 8 Oct. 2025 Secondly, fantastically imaginative and even more stunningly executed. Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025 Over the last 15 years, health data has mostly become electronic, compute power has expanded 360-fold and artificial intelligence has become stunningly powerful. Dan Riskin, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 Husseini had proven stunningly corrupt. Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stunningly
Adverb
  • And when Ron calls the RBMG phone number, the (amazingly catchy) hold music plays on a loop nonstop.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2025
  • But, amazingly, nobody went to jail during their time in Portland.
    Jason Quick, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Waymo robotaxis are astonishingly good at driving compared to humans, but that’s not even remotely good enough.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
  • God has no mercy in Banjong Pisanthanakun's brutal, astonishingly insightful film, unveiling the root of evil through a realistic view of exorcisms — and becoming one of the highest-grossing Korean horror films of all time.
    Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Agents brought Tip Hunter along to interviews with witnesses in Brownsville — and, not surprisingly, came away without evidence to bring charges.
    Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Ryan looked healthy and surprisingly calm.
    Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • Nonetheless, this excellent and unlikely cocktail was, astoundingly and as the name suggests, conceived to be enjoyed in the morning.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Testing these rockets went astoundingly well, in fact.
    Big Think, Big Think, 15 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The Ghostbusters actress discussed a sketch that made SNL head honcho Lorne Michaels unexpectedly lose it during an interview with the Good One podcast.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
  • When two unexpectedly return, the town dares to hope again.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025

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“Stunningly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stunningly. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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