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perplexing

[per-plek-sing] / pərˈplɛk sɪŋ /


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The ease and modesty present in “Marc by Sofia” sometimes seem perplexing.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

Some works are paradigmatic, some rather generic; the inclusion of others is perplexing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

However, it has been “a little perplexing why stocks have sold off the way they have” for the most recent round of IPOs, he said.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

It has been a perplexing and dramatic downturn in form - if not fortune.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

These peculiar and at first perplexing predictions of special relativity are true in the deepest sense that anything in science is true.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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