come as a (complete/total) surprise
idiom
: to be unexpected
The news came as a (complete/total) surprise to everyone.
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This doesn’t come as a surprise given that 37% of Americans, including 50% of millennials, depend on tax refunds as a financial lifeline, according to a survey conducted by Qualtrics on behalf of Intuit Credit Karma and reported by KMSP-TV.
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Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Yet the fact his emotions can boil over should not come as a surprise.
—Gregg Evans, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
But the transformation shouldn’t come as a surprise.
—Alex Cuadros, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2025
Experts predicted that its availability to the masses would upend the market, but this shouldn’t have come as a surprise.
—Kevin Williams, Quartz, 11 Feb. 2025
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Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Yet the fact his emotions can boil over should not come as a surprise.
—Gregg Evans, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
But the transformation shouldn’t come as a surprise.
—Alex Cuadros, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2025
Experts predicted that its availability to the masses would upend the market, but this shouldn’t have come as a surprise.
—Kevin Williams, Quartz, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Come as a (complete/total) surprise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20as%20a%20%28complete%2Ftotal%29%20surprise. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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