- present participle of surprise.
surprising
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It may seem a surprising sentiment to have for a game and its studio.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
One surprising finding is that domestic cats are the leading vertebrate predator of these invasive mantises, accounting for 45% of recorded positive predation events.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
On these landholdings and in their environs, proximity between white and black people produced surprising relationships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Cyclospora is not a new pathogen by any stretch, but the sheer numbers here are surprising, even to health officials.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
Look closely at the chords you have written and see if you can notice something surprising about them.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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