whopping

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Looking at the details in Wednesday’s ADP data, small businesses with less than 50 employees added a whopping 85,000 jobs to payrolls last month, with micro businesses really leading the way.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

That’s a whopping 32 percentage points more than the S&P 500 over the same span.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

It was 97 degrees in Camarillo on Tuesday, surpassing the daily temperature record by a whopping 11 degrees and the all-time March record by 3 degrees.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Director Ryan Coogler is widely respected for what he was able to pull off with the film, which has a whopping 16 nominations.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

The children started to get a whopping case of sunburn.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith