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nonplussed

[non-pluhst] / nɒnˈplʌst /








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The unflappable Lincoln might have been a little nonplussed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Durant appeared nonplussed by the spat, while admitting that he had deliberately taken a combative approach into the game.

From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025

"This is how I'd do it if I was DJ," he tells a group of nonplussed staff as dance music strains at his laptop speakers.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 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

There it was witnessed by a nonplussed Luis Alvarez, whom Compton had brought to Chicago to help him organize the bomb project.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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