astronomically

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“It just felt astronomically difficult to get to the same position in negotiation,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

In the years prior, the number of parents claiming these exemptions for their children rose astronomically, and the plummeting immunization rate spurred the state’s worst measles epidemic in a quarter-century.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025

While that’s a serious chunk of change, analysts in the field suggest that the cost is likely to be astronomically higher and that the president’s proposed timeline is, politely put, wildly optimistic.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2025

Buying a home is astronomically expensive, overwhelming a rental market already in shortage, and there is nowhere near enough public housing to fill the gaps.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2024

That problem grows astronomically as the number of people making up the society increases.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond