as in to amaze
to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected
stupefied by the ruling that he could not compete because he missed the qualifying age by two days
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Recent Examples of stupefy
Eventually, our future mogul will be sitting on a stupefying fortune, all held in a USA, and all entirely exempt from income tax.
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Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2024
The Ravens played their first preseason game Friday night — falling to the Philadelphia Eagles, 16-13, in dramatic if not stupefying fashion — and thus provided the best look to date of position battles, rookies in action for the first time, and potentially key reserves.
—Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2024
The bounty of data comes from a batch of new surveys, most notably one by the European Space Agency (ESA) observatory Gaia, that are collecting stupefying amounts of information.
—Ann Finkbeiner, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
Glass eels hate turbulence, and cold water stupefies them.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
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Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2024
The Ravens played their first preseason game Friday night — falling to the Philadelphia Eagles, 16-13, in dramatic if not stupefying fashion — and thus provided the best look to date of position battles, rookies in action for the first time, and potentially key reserves.
—Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2024
The bounty of data comes from a batch of new surveys, most notably one by the European Space Agency (ESA) observatory Gaia, that are collecting stupefying amounts of information.
—Ann Finkbeiner, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
Glass eels hate turbulence, and cold water stupefies them.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stupefy
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To see you everyday and know the 1,127 different directions you get pulled in and still handle things like a boss amazes me at times.Avalon Hester, People.com, 27 Oct. 2024
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What amazed me most, however, was the large number of people watching and tracking the trial.Anthony Michael Kreis, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
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The two were eventually separated by Packers staff and game officials, but the incident left the veteran head coach stunned.Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 14 Dec. 2024
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The group has tried to reassure a public both stunned by Assad's fall and concerned about extremist jihadis among the rebels.ALBERT AJI AND MATTHEW LEE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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Like Arrieta, he wasn’t deterred or surprised by the larger crowds.Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Taylor Swift has long been known for surprising her fans with presents, whether going on a holiday gift-buying spree back in 2015, or donating funds to their GoFundMe campaigns over the years.Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2024
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Despite this, Richards' wins continue to astonish the Scrabble community, with his matches studied in YouTube videos viewed by tens of thousands.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Their swift move into the capital astonished citizens and the rest of the world.Antoinette Radford, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
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Officers sent a drone through the broken window for a better view, startling Moore and prompting him to drive to a Walgreens parking lot where he was taken into custody, police said.Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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Keep the door pinned open initially to avoid startling them.Lucy Notarantonio, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
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President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law, shocking even some of his own advisers.Victor Cha, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
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Nothing shocks me anymore: Wanna see Paris Hilton riding what appears to be a pink electric suitcase in front of the U.S. Capitol?Cate Martel, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
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