staggering
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Synonyms for staggering
Synonyms
amazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, awful, eye-opening, fabulous, marvelous (or marvellous), miraculous, portentous, prodigious, stunning, stupendous, sublime, surprising, wonderful, wondrous
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Some have criticized the FTC's fines as being insufficient penalties for the tech companies, especially when compared with the staggering amount of money these businesses make. — Kaya Yurieff, CNN, "Google reportedly agrees to pay at least $150 million to settle FTC probe into YouTube," 30 Aug. 2019 Newspapers reported that farmers lost $10 million, a staggering amount during the Great Depression. — Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Margarine smugglers, a deadly milk war and more flavor Wisconsin's dairy history," 28 Aug. 2019 In the summer of 2016, the National Weather service in Des Moines, Iowa tweeted that corn can add a staggering amount of water to the atmosphere and boost dew points a full 5 to 10 degrees. — Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, ""Corn sweat" makes heat wave even more dangerous," 22 July 2019 The key takeaway is that Manchester United were the big losers in this one, despite making a staggering amount from his sale. — SI.com, "Leroy Sane: Manchester City Can't Afford to Let the Winger Join Bayern Munich This Summer," 11 July 2019 Murray was blessed with full access to Wyman’s staggering amount of personal archival material with which the musician, now 82, has cataloged seemingly every key moment of his modestly iconic life — and more. — Gary Goldstein, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Review: ‘Quiet One’ captures essence of the Rolling Stones’ Bill Wyman," 4 July 2019 Murray was blessed with full access to Wyman’s staggering amount of personal archival material with which the musician, now 82, has cataloged seemingly every key moment of his modestly iconic life — and more. — Gary Goldstein, latimes.com, "Review: Doc captures essence of Bill Wyman, the Rolling Stones’ ‘Quiet One’," 20 June 2019 Now, a new study using high-speed cameras has revealed these webs store and release a staggering amount of energy. — Kenrick Vezina, National Geographic, "This spider accelerates faster than a rocket," 13 May 2019 But a nearly complete $690 million renovation has filled it with a staggering amount of impressive artwork, including works by juggernauts like Takashi Murakami, KAWS, Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and, of course, Hirst. — Christina Liao, Vogue, "Inside the World’s Most Expensive Hotel Suite, Designed by Damien Hirst," 1 Mar. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'staggering.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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