astounding
adjective
as·tound·ing
ə-ˈstau̇n-diŋ 
: causing astonishment or amazement
an astounding revelation
Examples of astounding in a Sentence
He ate an astounding amount of food.
the astounding sight of their cat returning home after having been missing for two years
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The frequency that one of his goals was laser-focused on just inside the post-crossbar connection was astounding.
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Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
This is an astounding stat: Real Madrid Femenino won El Clasico against Barcelona for the first time over the weekend at the 19th attempt.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
The 3,230 out-of-state students from the Northeast make up an astounding 24% of Emory's student body.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
Some legislators are itching to undo what voters decided (in Broward, a higher hourly wage won approval from an astounding 75.2% of voters; in Palm Beach, 68.7% in 2020).
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
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Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
This is an astounding stat: Real Madrid Femenino won El Clasico against Barcelona for the first time over the weekend at the 19th attempt.
—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
The 3,230 out-of-state students from the Northeast make up an astounding 24% of Emory's student body.
—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 20 Mar. 2025
Some legislators are itching to undo what voters decided (in Broward, a higher hourly wage won approval from an astounding 75.2% of voters; in Palm Beach, 68.7% in 2020).
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Astounding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/astounding. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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