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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Recent Examples of bewildering
Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025
In a bewildering move, a fan planning to attend the February-March leg of Abrams’ Secret of Us Tour started a petition to replace Jar as the opener.
—Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2025
But beyond those bewildering effects, Lynch was onto something.
—Billy J. Stratton, The Conversation, 17 Jan. 2025
This is of course a bit bewildering to read at a time when Trump is days away from being sworn in as president again and no longer facing any of these federal criminal charges, having entirely avoided concrete consequences for his misconduct, not only on this but mishandling classified documents.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Super Bowl Opening Night is a bewildering sight of grandeur, spectacle and the mundane business of people asking other people questions.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025
In a bewildering move, a fan planning to attend the February-March leg of Abrams’ Secret of Us Tour started a petition to replace Jar as the opener.
—Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2025
But beyond those bewildering effects, Lynch was onto something.
—Billy J. Stratton, The Conversation, 17 Jan. 2025
This is of course a bit bewildering to read at a time when Trump is days away from being sworn in as president again and no longer facing any of these federal criminal charges, having entirely avoided concrete consequences for his misconduct, not only on this but mishandling classified documents.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bewildering
Adjective
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The apparent identity mix-up is a key point of confusion in a detailed and often perplexing set of allegations that Webb is lodging publicly against Jones and Thao.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
The Mercury News,
2 Feb. 2025
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Few stories are as perplexing and tragic as that of Mary the elephant.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Starting five is settling in One of the most baffling aspects of the Celtics’ six-week swoon was how poorly their preferred starting lineup was performing.—
Zack Cox,
Hartford Courant,
24 Feb. 2025
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Most baffling to many were the firings of hundreds whose jobs were not funded by taxpayers.—
Christina Jewett,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Researchers are particularly focused on unraveling the puzzling interplay between gas content, magma pressure and lava flow dynamics.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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Almost two years into his ordeal, Gould learned of an initiative at the National Institutes of Health that focuses on solving the country’s most puzzling medical cases.—
Jason Liebowitz,
The Atlantic,
2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Most welcomed this move, even if the timing was frustrating.—
Louis Staples,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 2025
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What’s especially frustrating to people involved in ferret conservation is that funding and staff resources were already limited heading into 2025.—
Benji Jones,
Vox,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Emily Keeney Dated or disorganized houses become functional, fresh homes in the hands of Drift Interiors + Architecture.—
Elizabeth Stamp,
Architectural Digest,
10 Feb. 2025
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To mix metaphors as badly as this doc overcomplicates Combs’ case by tackling the topic too early and from too many angles, this research is so disorganized that the story resembles something akin to deranged lobbyists throwing spaghetti at the wall through a shotgun.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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At Vintage Frills, unorganized shelves, racks bursting with thousands of random pieces, and having to browse through mountains of fast fashion clothes bought last year—that, naturally, someone threw away when trends changed—are a thing of the past.—
Grace Butler,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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That, in turn, could help businesses sort through troves of messy unorganized datasets faster and find patterns and data points to help make decisions.—
Rashi Shrivastava,
Forbes,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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For many, the frenetic nature of the firings has left them confused – and even days later – without a full accounting of their termination.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
The Mercury News,
19 Feb. 2025
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Build your strategy around results Showing up to your laptop without a plan will leave you confused, tired and unsure about the next step.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This season has been too disastrous, too injury-plagued and too disjointed to carry on into the future, right?—
Jared Weiss,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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There has been ongoing discussion over the past few months about Trump's answers to questions and disjointed speeches.—
Marco Rubio,
Newsweek,
2 Nov. 2024
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“Bewildering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bewildering. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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