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astonishing

CEFR: B2

Extremely surprising, wondrous, and striking in scale or conceptual achievement.

Synonyms

astounding
stupendous

Common Collocations

astonishing achievement
astonishing discovery
truly astonishing

Example Sentence

The space probe sent back astonishing high-resolution imagery of subsurface oceans on Enceladus.

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