nonplussed
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Collections by new designer Demna are going down well with American consumers, but shoppers everywhere else are nonplussed so far.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
For now, investors appear nonplussed about potential disruptions to regional supply flows.
From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026
But Rotem Naftalovich, of Rutgers University in New Jersey, one of the three researchers involved, said the US food regulator was nonplussed by the admittedly "wonky" idea.
From BBC • Sep. 19, 2025
"It's hard for me to believe that targets and timing and weapons would not have been classified," he told Gabbard, who remained nonplussed.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2025
He bolted out of the restaurant, leaving his nonplussed dinner guests behind, to view the evidence for himself.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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