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as in surprisingly
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as in conspicuously
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as in awfully
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shockingly
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Not surprisingly, the 5-in-1 tool ultimately made it out a little late, as the usual crowd-funder stumbles and hiccups were thoroughly compounded by a global pandemic for which no one had planned.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 July 2025 -
Not surprisingly, Congress is pushing back against the Trump administration's proposal to cancel the Space Launch System, the behemoth rocket NASA has developed to propel astronauts back to the Moon.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
25 July 2025
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But in practice, most boards aren’t terribly interested in the minutiae of fiscal responsibility and operational efficiencies.—
Matthew Scogin,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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There’s nothing terribly significant about the six-month mark since the Eaton and Palisades fires, or any other history-book disaster.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2025
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The diminishment in reputation, the status as pariah or laughingstock, the looming sentencing for the lesser charges (two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, amazingly, his first conviction)—he would work his troubles into a narrative of redemption.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
3 July 2025
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Sophia McMinn, a sophomore at Ben Davis High School Sophie has been such an amazingly hard worker.—
Caroline Beck,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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“Shockingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shockingly. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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