staggering
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By global forces that transformed the economy and created staggering levels of inequality that are made all the worse by the high cost of housing.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
In Afghanistan today, a staggering three in four people cannot meet their basic needs, according to the UN.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
Microsoft has invested nearly $12 billion in OpenAI over the past seven years, and now has a 27% stake in that company worth a staggering $230 billion.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
The Toba supereruption, centered in what is now Indonesia, unleashed devastation on a staggering scale.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
The amount of information that one must obtain and store in order to track the ever-changing relationships of even a few dozen individuals is staggering.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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