staggering
Example Sentences
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He described the €150bn they say they will spend on defence as "a staggering amount".
From BBC
“When names like C.H. Robinson are dropping billions of dollars of market cap, it’s quite staggering,” he said.
Meanwhile, the latest EIA report showed U.S. crude oil stocks rose by a staggering 8.5 million barrels last week as production recovered from winter storm disruptions and imports rose.
"And it's so important because the numbers being diagnosed with skin cancer are rising year-on-year, with a staggering impact on our health services."
From BBC
Alphabet and AI race rivals including Amazon, Meta, Microsoft are investing staggering amounts in infrastructure to power the technology, banking on it paying off.
From Barron's
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