as in highly
to a large extent or degree
a stupendously successful Broadway debut
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Recent Examples of stupendously
Meantime — as semis grow stupendously overbought relative to their own uptrend — financials, consumer cyclicals and the equal-weight S & P 500 are all down a bit for the week.
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Michael Santoli, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
Her fandom is stupendously large, kind and loyal.
—Choire Sicha, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
Michael Santoli, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
Her fandom is stupendously large, kind and loyal.
—Choire Sicha, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stupendously
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Welfare advocates, long highly critical of the San Jose animal shelter, are warning of a potential legal fight if the agency fails to improve animal care — accusing the city of neglect, gross negligence and repeating violations of state law.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2026
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Prior to the board's decision, renters and residents against the decision spoke highly about the mall, and its charm.—
Noel Brennan,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2026
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So, this would mostly be about rewarding an in-house talent who has greatly exceeded expectations in each of the past two seasons.—
Mike Kaye
Updated January 21,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Jan. 2026
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The project's deep-water intake will be about 9,800 feet further out into the lake than the current floating intakes, which will greatly improve the ability to access water during extreme droughts, Roberts said.—
Claire Osborn,
Austin American Statesman,
21 Jan. 2026
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This is because monetary policy utterly lacks the excitement of battles or uprisings and the drama of high-level diplomacy.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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In addition to being thought-provoking and moving and cathartic, Good Talk is genuinely funny and utterly engrossing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Jan. 2026
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The Democratic Party is looking to the post-Trump era, too, with divisions that are considerably more public.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
12 Jan. 2026
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The Phase 1 campaigning and gladhanding will be slowing down considerably this week as Oscar voters check off their ballots.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
12 Jan. 2026
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Don’t worry too much about organizing everything perfectly here.—
Cori Sears,
The Spruce,
22 Jan. 2026
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In Congo, vast wealth, much if not most of it accrued from selling off the country’s abundance of natural resources, coincides with crippling poverty.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Stupendously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stupendously. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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