mind-boggling
adjective
mind-bog·gling
ˈmīn(d)-ˌbä-g(ə-)liŋ 
: mentally or emotionally exciting or overwhelming
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a big-box store with a mind-boggling array of home-improvement supplies for the do-it-yourselfer
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Newcastle hope any serious transfer fee conversation will start at the mind-boggling figure of £150million ($203m).
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Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 25 July 2025
During the Mars landing, the capsule will hit the red planet's tenuous atmosphere at a mind-boggling speed of 13,050 mph (21,000 km/h) but will slow down to about 1,000 miles per hour from natural drag before the first parachute opens.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 22 July 2025
Aboard the Kontiki Wayra, passengers can marvel at bioluminescent plankton during an eight-day foray along the wildlife-rich Osa Peninsula, while entomology and herpetology buffs can discover a mind-boggling array of species during a cruise on the Zafiro.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Washington University has seen its endowment balloon in recent years—at the end of fiscal 2021, the endowment netted a mind-boggling 65% return (the median return for college endowments that year was 27%), which brought its value from $9.6 billion to $15.3 billion.
—Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 25 July 2025
During the Mars landing, the capsule will hit the red planet's tenuous atmosphere at a mind-boggling speed of 13,050 mph (21,000 km/h) but will slow down to about 1,000 miles per hour from natural drag before the first parachute opens.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 22 July 2025
Aboard the Kontiki Wayra, passengers can marvel at bioluminescent plankton during an eight-day foray along the wildlife-rich Osa Peninsula, while entomology and herpetology buffs can discover a mind-boggling array of species during a cruise on the Zafiro.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Washington University has seen its endowment balloon in recent years—at the end of fiscal 2021, the endowment netted a mind-boggling 65% return (the median return for college endowments that year was 27%), which brought its value from $9.6 billion to $15.3 billion.
—Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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“Mind-boggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mind-boggling. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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