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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Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
Navigating menopause can sometimes seem like wandering through a perplexing labyrinth with no clear exit.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 19 Sep. 2024
For Mack, his departure from Bad Boy was the first in a series of painful events that would lead him on a perplexing path.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024
Alison Snyder May 3, 2024 - Health Bird flu's big question: What's driving its spread
The bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle that's swept across nine U.S. states is posing perplexing questions about how the virus is spreading between animals and the risk posed to humans.
—Tina Reed, Axios, 31 July 2024
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But a third group, which includes many independents as well as moderate Republicans, is the most perplexing.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
Navigating menopause can sometimes seem like wandering through a perplexing labyrinth with no clear exit.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 19 Sep. 2024
For Mack, his departure from Bad Boy was the first in a series of painful events that would lead him on a perplexing path.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024
Alison Snyder May 3, 2024 - Health Bird flu's big question: What's driving its spread
The bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle that's swept across nine U.S. states is posing perplexing questions about how the virus is spreading between animals and the risk posed to humans.
—Tina Reed, Axios, 31 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perplexing
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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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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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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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Danilo’s performances in the last three games have been bewildering, seemingly making more mistakes in those 270 minutes than he’s done in the previous five years.Emmet Gates, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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The exhibition's geographical reach is truly bewildering, said Alastair Sooke in The Telegraph.The Week UK, theweek, 4 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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While some people feel like their vote won't make a difference, many others are simply exhausted—and in some cases alienated or confused—by our political environment.David Faris, Newsweek, 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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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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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 20 Nov. 2024.
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