as in perplexing
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as in baffling
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
the change in policy seems to have bewildered many of our customers
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Recent Examples of bewildering
Billy J. Stratton, The Conversation, 17 Jan. 2025
This is of course a bit bewildering to read at a time when Trump is days away from being sworn in as president again and no longer facing any of these federal criminal charges, having entirely avoided concrete consequences for his misconduct, not only on this but mishandling classified documents.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
Her bewildering response may put an end to her political career, as withering criticisms continue.
—The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 15 Jan. 2025
The seriously bewildering approach taken here could look like foreshadowing for a potential legal defense.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 13 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bewildering
Adjective
But beyond those bewildering effects, Lynch was onto something.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for bewildering
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The apparent identity mix-up is a key point of confusion in a detailed and often perplexing set of allegations that Webb is lodging publicly against Jones and Thao.—
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Few stories are as perplexing and tragic as that of Mary the elephant.—
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Most baffling of all, Ye claimed that fake children had been installed in his home to corrupt his children.—
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Then the other baffling interaction of the episode happens.—
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Researchers are particularly focused on unraveling the puzzling interplay between gas content, magma pressure and lava flow dynamics.—
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Almost two years into his ordeal, Gould learned of an initiative at the National Institutes of Health that focuses on solving the country’s most puzzling medical cases.—
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Unfortunately, the setup process is frustrating compared with the competition, as are the site-building tools.—
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For the last three weeks, Democrats up and down the seniority list have been stuck playing an especially frustrating game of Whac-a-Mole: smack the outrage of the hour and then race to hit the next one, never quite leveling the field.—
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Emily Keeney Dated or disorganized houses become functional, fresh homes in the hands of Drift Interiors + Architecture.—
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To mix metaphors as badly as this doc overcomplicates Combs’ case by tackling the topic too early and from too many angles, this research is so disorganized that the story resembles something akin to deranged lobbyists throwing spaghetti at the wall through a shotgun.—
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At Vintage Frills, unorganized shelves, racks bursting with thousands of random pieces, and having to browse through mountains of fast fashion clothes bought last year—that, naturally, someone threw away when trends changed—are a thing of the past.—
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That, in turn, could help businesses sort through troves of messy unorganized datasets faster and find patterns and data points to help make decisions.—
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Build your strategy around results Showing up to your laptop without a plan will leave you confused, tired and unsure about the next step.—
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For many, the frenetic nature of the firings has left them confused – and even days later – without a full accounting of their termination.—
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This season has been too disastrous, too injury-plagued and too disjointed to carry on into the future, right?—
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There has been ongoing discussion over the past few months about Trump's answers to questions and disjointed speeches.—
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“Bewildering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bewildering. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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