surprisingly
Example Sentences
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Earlier this month, the central bank warned of a “surprisingly sharp deterioration” in Greenland’s public finances.
Aside from a mournful clarinet line in the first part of its third and final movement, the work had a surprisingly ebullient spirt for something composed by a Dane in 1944.
Formed in the early 2010s, BTS were at the forefront of popularising K-pop with mainstream audiences in the west, thanks to their energetic blend of slick dance pop and hip-hop, and surprisingly introspective lyrics.
From BBC
“In the face of one shock after another, the global economy has proved to be surprisingly shock-proof since the pandemic,” said Indermit Gill, the World Bank’s chief economist.
Not surprisingly, this low R-squared is not significant at the 95% confidence level that statisticians often use when determining if a pattern is real.
From MarketWatch
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