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daunting







ADJECTIVE
frightening
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But the most exciting, and perhaps most daunting, reality of the quantum sector is that it is constantly in flux.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

But the daunting expenses pushed all of the hyperscalers but Microsoft to the bond market last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

At different times, my three children began to ask me daunting questions about God.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

Even more daunting with IUL is that if you borrow against the policy or don’t keep feeding the premiums, you can end up depleting the death benefit and the cash value.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

The inward person doth shrink and hesitate before the daunting inception of active deeds, wishing that some discouraging voice should intervene and forbid, so that no hazard might be made.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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