as in baffling
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as in complicating
to make complex or difficult
let's not perplex the issue further with irrelevant concerns
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as in puzzling
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
the question perplexed me
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Recent Examples of perplexing
Gaya Gupta, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
These are different challenges for Dombrowski — none more perplexing than the outfield.
—Matt Gelb, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
Their daughter’s determination to become a comic was perplexing to them, to say the least.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
Voting on which judges to retain can be one of the more perplexing options on your ballot.
—Kim Bojórquez, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
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Peru: Using drones and A.I., researchers found hundreds more Nazca Lines, one of archaeology’s most perplexing mysteries.
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Formula 1: Max Verstappen won his fourth championship, but 2025 looks wide open.
—Gaya Gupta, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
These are different challenges for Dombrowski — none more perplexing than the outfield.
—Matt Gelb, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
Their daughter’s determination to become a comic was perplexing to them, to say the least.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
Voting on which judges to retain can be one of the more perplexing options on your ballot.
—Kim Bojórquez, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perplexing
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Every office is a microcosm of personalities, making the quest for the perfect gifts for coworkers exciting and baffling.Boutayna Chokrane, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
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Since the baffling refusal was discovered, users have been trying to find ways to get the chatbot to say the name or explain who the mystery man is.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
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That these three stars are out of contract this summer, while Liverpool are having one of their best-ever starts to a season, is puzzling for most Liverpool fans.Joe Prince-Wright, NBC Sports, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2024
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Three weeks after a Hawaii woman vanished in Los Angeles, her family is vowing to continue the search into the puzzling disappearance amid unsettling text messages.Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
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Prediction: Bengals 37, Cowboys 30 Matt Levine: The Bengals have been one of the more frustrating teams this season.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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The Eagles know their offense can’t devolve into a frustrating mess for a second straight season.Brooks Kubena, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
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His narrow victory over Lee was bewildering: in the recent history of South Korea, prosecutors were, like the military and the police, tools of dictatorship.E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024
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For Harris’s oldest friends from the Bay Area, who supported her campaigns for San Francisco District Attorney, state Attorney General, U.S. Senator and Vice President, the possibility of a Trump win was bewildering.Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Yes, the Niners were so disorganized that they were called for a 12-man penalty, which wiped out an end-zone interception.Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2024
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Southwestern Atlantic: An area of low pressure is near the northern Bahamas, bringing disorganized showers and thunderstorms.Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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The headlines are still coming thick and fast, pushing advice on a user base now equal parts concerned and confused.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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Befuddling sales processes, complex product offerings, and a lack of business transparency have left people feeling more confused than protected in outdated models that don't empower consumers to choose for themselves.Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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In the weeks before the 2020 vote, Trump and his allies had already begun to spread claims that the election would be stolen, but those allegations were vague and unorganized.David Gilbert, WIRED, 29 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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Thus did the conservative loose cannonballs come eventually to dominate the GOP—and define our disordered political era.Daniel Schlozman & Sam Rosenfeld / Made by History, TIME, 10 June 2024
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It is associated with hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior that impairs daily functioning, and can be disabling.Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
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“Perplexing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perplexing. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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