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nonplussed

[non-pluhst] / nɒnˈplʌst /








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Collections by new designer Demna are going down well with American consumers, but shoppers everywhere else are nonplussed so far.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

For now, investors appear nonplussed about potential disruptions to regional supply flows.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Ford, who died of natural causes at age 93 in 2006, was said to be nonplussed by Moore’s attempt on his life.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

"This is how I'd do it if I was DJ," he tells a group of nonplussed staff as dance music strains at his laptop speakers.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025

The noisome fumes of the stink bomb forced officials to evacuate the school. nonplussed.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner




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