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daunting







ADJECTIVE
frightening
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But for people entering the labor force, like new high-school and college graduates, it is daunting.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

And when you’re in that place, a full reset can feel not just daunting, but impossible.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

To adapt a hallowed and revered work of this scope, across decades and generations, brimming with magical realism, was, of course, daunting for the showrunners.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

"We know this is a daunting and difficult thing to do," said PPS Senior Public Prosecutor Jenny Burns.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Somehow, after reading all the big books that Jen had loaned him, he didn’t find the fancy words so daunting.

From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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