staggering
adjective
stag·ger·ing
ˈsta-g(ə-)riŋ 
: so great as to cause one to stagger : astonishing, overwhelming
a staggering feat
staggering medical bills
staggeringly
adverb
Synonyms
Examples of staggering in a Sentence
The storm caused a staggering amount of damage.
the staggering scope of the new construction on campus
Recent Examples on the Web
Feynman admitted, however, that building such a machine required staggering complexity.
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TIME, 29 Apr. 2024
These findings may be surprising, though, considering the laundry list of millennial woes from staggering student-loan debt to painful housing unaffordability to rising inflation rates.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2024
Orso’s hiring comes shortly after federal agents began looking into management practices at SANDAG, where a recent internal review found a staggering lack of oversight and disclosure on its troubled toll-collecting contracting.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2024
Amidst their staggering rates of anxiety, depression and deaths from suicide and drug overdoses, the U.S. surgeon general declared a youth mental health crisis in 2021 and identified an epidemic of loneliness in 2023, with young people among those at highest risk.
—Deborah Malizia, The Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2024
Davis exposed Jokic in Game 2 for a staggering six-minute stretch that mercifully became a footnote in Denver’s dramatic comeback win.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2024
On the flip side, robots have done an admirable job of closing that gap with staggering speed.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2024
Decades later, Oracle is the custodian of a staggering portion of the globe’s data.
—Tony Blair, TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
Shares of Truth Social soared after the company’s market debut last month -- but the stock price has plummeted since then.
After vaulting from an initial offering price of about $50 to a peak of nearly $80 in late March, the share price has dropped a staggering 68%.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2024
TIME, 29 Apr. 2024
These findings may be surprising, though, considering the laundry list of millennial woes from staggering student-loan debt to painful housing unaffordability to rising inflation rates.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2024
Orso’s hiring comes shortly after federal agents began looking into management practices at SANDAG, where a recent internal review found a staggering lack of oversight and disclosure on its troubled toll-collecting contracting.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2024
Amidst their staggering rates of anxiety, depression and deaths from suicide and drug overdoses, the U.S. surgeon general declared a youth mental health crisis in 2021 and identified an epidemic of loneliness in 2023, with young people among those at highest risk.
—Deborah Malizia, The Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2024
Davis exposed Jokic in Game 2 for a staggering six-minute stretch that mercifully became a footnote in Denver’s dramatic comeback win.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2024
On the flip side, robots have done an admirable job of closing that gap with staggering speed.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2024
Decades later, Oracle is the custodian of a staggering portion of the globe’s data.
—Tony Blair, TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
Shares of Truth Social soared after the company’s market debut last month -- but the stock price has plummeted since then.
After vaulting from an initial offering price of about $50 to a peak of nearly $80 in late March, the share price has dropped a staggering 68%.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2024
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“Staggering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/staggering. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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