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awe-inspiring

[aw-in-spahyuhr-ing] / ˈɔ ɪnˌspaɪər ɪŋ /


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As recreated by the pop superstar’s nephew Jaafar Jackson in a radiant screen debut, Michael Jackson’s singing and dancing are as dynamic, even awe-inspiring, as they ever were.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

On March 2, 2026, after bragging about the awe-inspiring lethality of U.S.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026

The ambition on display is awe-inspiring to an almost alarming degree.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

Grantham describes it as “a fast-moving and awe-inspiring invention that seems highly consequential—even worldchanging—to almost everybody, myself included.”

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

And it would’ve been much easier to sit back while all of Lily fell under the awe-inspiring spell of the possibility of second chances, or rebirth, but we just couldn’t do it.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley