as in perplexing
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as in baffling
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
the change in policy seems to have bewildered many of our customers
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024
For the tech industry, the Trump years were a bewildering mess.
—Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
And complex new technologies such as generative AI create an equivalently bewildering backdrop.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
Scan to order the VMA Whopper Meal and read on for our best and worst performances of music’s most bewildering night.
—Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 12 Sep. 2024
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When Esteban hits a major stumble in the boxing ring, his best friend and manager, the bewildering and Botox-loving Andy (an unrecognizable Luna), decides to take matters into his own hands.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024
For the tech industry, the Trump years were a bewildering mess.
—Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
And complex new technologies such as generative AI create an equivalently bewildering backdrop.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
Scan to order the VMA Whopper Meal and read on for our best and worst performances of music’s most bewildering night.
—Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 12 Sep. 2024
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Your diet beverage is full of a slew of perplexing sugar substitutes, but the regular version has too much sugar to justify drinking it.Andrew Watman, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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These questions have seemed both urgent and perplexing, not only to Ramos but to many others as well; whether Trump will repeat or exceed his performance with Latinos is one of the main unknowns that could determine the outcome of the election.Geraldo Cadava, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
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The little information the police did reveal was often confusing, baffling, even contradictory.Aja Romano, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024
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Walker’s campaign, however, was plagued by controversies and baffling and false statements.Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
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These conflicting versions created a puzzling cognitive dissonance.Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
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Even just one single vote elicits the most puzzling look on the guy’s face… and a sweet, sweet smile on Sol’s.Nick Caruso, TVLine, 23 Oct. 2024
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For Dennings, one of the most frustrating things is how little migraines are discussed.Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 24 Oct. 2024
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Competitors: Emerson Electric , RTX , 3M Weight in portfolio: 3.14% Most recent buy: April 10, 2024 Initiated: July 5, 2020 Honeywell has proven to be a frustrating holding.Jim Cramer, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2024
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As of Wednesday, the broad, disorganized tropical wave was between Puerto Rico and the Leeward Islands, which mark a boundary between the open tropical Atlantic and Caribbean Sea.Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
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Meanwhile, studies have shown that most people are pretty disorganized in their political thinking: very few of us hold a suite of positions that’s intellectually coherent or consistent over time.Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2024
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Prepare to bid that unorganized pile of shoes goodbye!Lauren Arzbaecher, Architectural Digest, 24 Oct. 2024
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Virginia Baptists joined the fight in droves. Baptists, Catholics and Jews were not put off by any of the Revolution’s radical deists: a mostly unorganized group of religious thinkers who believed in God and reason, but not revelation or miracles.Adam Jortner, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
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No matter how convinced someone might be that what’s inside each box is completely harmless, the mystery and misdirection of it all keep them confused and slightly scared.Drew Gerber, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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That left a lot of Swifties sad, confused and wandering around, trying to find the bracelet sent from New Orleans.Arika Herron, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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Its winding, disjointed, miles contain more interesting people and places than even an ambitious guidebook writer could ever hope to chronicle.Dan Sheehan, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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The former president's public addresses have seemingly become more disjointed and unfocused in recent months, something The New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman raised on CNN's The Source show last month.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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