as in to surprise
to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected
your ability to remember names and faces amazes me
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Recent Examples of amaze
His digital life is just as organized—a fact that never fails to amaze (and slightly depress) me.
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Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
What amazes her is how someone chose to save these items and hang on to them for future generations.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2025
DoorDash and Roblox make the list because there are always a couple of companies that amaze and can't be denied.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025
Selling 17,000 social robots still amazes me.
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 6 June 2025
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Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
What amazes her is how someone chose to save these items and hang on to them for future generations.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2025
DoorDash and Roblox make the list because there are always a couple of companies that amaze and can't be denied.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025
Selling 17,000 social robots still amazes me.
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amaze
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The battle was turbo-charged when Powell surprised markets with a 50 basis point inflation hike in September last year, seen by some as a gift to Trump’s Democratic Party election rival Kamala Harris.—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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In a move that surprised some, the Republican governor’s proclamation also called on lawmakers to weaken the state’s initiative petition process, a more than a century-old mechanism for direct democracy that allows citizens to put measures on the ballot.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
3 Sep. 2025
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The success of the event astonished everybody.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Both Padres baseball leaders were astonished by what the 2010 team had achieved through more than three-quarters of the season.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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Instead, the army became bogged down in a grinding war of attrition, and the West was stunned by Moscow’s poor battlefield performance.—
David Kirichenko,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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When news of the closing of Valerie Chang’s Peruvian restaurant Maty’s was announced in Midtown, Miami diners were stunned.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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Broadbelt’s death shocked the community and reignited a countywide conversation about the dual problem of unleashed dogs and overcrowded animal shelters.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Kristen Delano, a spokesperson for Koloma, told the Idaho Statesman in an interview that the discovery shocked scientists, many of whom thought hydrogen molecules were too small to collect underground.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
9 Sep. 2025
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Then the Buckel brothers arrived, intent on doing the same, and Smith was startled.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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Another Epstein accuser looked up, startled, to see where the deafening sound was coming from.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Even in her 90s, her easily flitting vocals astounded, bouncing from deep valleys to breathy peaks, and, like the best jazz, mimicking the volatility and joy of the human spirit.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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Either way, you'll be astounded by just how light this laptop feels.—
Luke Larsen Scott Gilbertson,
Wired News,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Amaze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amaze. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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