staggering
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Before he left for OpenAI, Sutskever turned down a $6 million-a-year offer to stay at Google, which he considered “a staggering amount of money.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
He has created 132 chances this season, the most in the Premier League and a staggering 58 chances more than the next-best, Liverpool's Dominik Szoboszlai.
From BBC • May 17, 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
I leaned back and looked at the silvery, staggering paths the raindrops made as they blew across my window.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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