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astonish

[uh-ston-ish] / əˈstɒn ɪʃ /


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Investment in artificial intelligence continues to astonish amid a technological arms race.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

Maggie Smith never failed to illuminate and astonish.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024

She is now 95 and widowed, and her positivity and determination continue to astonish.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024

For a half-century, the German artist Ursula Schultze-Bluhm made work that could astonish viewers.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023

It used to astonish us that everyone here has so many children: six or eight or nine.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver