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Examples of perplexity in a Sentence
There was a look of perplexity on his face.
He stared at her in perplexity.
We will never solve all of the perplexities of life.
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Excitement and perplexity have long since stiffened into certainty.
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Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 13 June 2024
The authors expressed perplexity about why excess deaths actually rose in 2021, despite the arrival of the vaccines and the implementation of social anti-pandemic measures, and remained elevated the following year.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
But as her shell cracks, Dern moves from perplexity to anguish to incandescent rage, never once overplaying her hand.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 8 May 2024
For one dataset, the original model had a perplexity of around 5, and the BiLLM version scored around 15, much better than the closest binarization competitor, which scored around 37 (for perplexity, lower numbers are better).
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2024
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Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 13 June 2024
The authors expressed perplexity about why excess deaths actually rose in 2021, despite the arrival of the vaccines and the implementation of social anti-pandemic measures, and remained elevated the following year.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
But as her shell cracks, Dern moves from perplexity to anguish to incandescent rage, never once overplaying her hand.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 8 May 2024
For one dataset, the original model had a perplexity of around 5, and the BiLLM version scored around 15, much better than the closest binarization competitor, which scored around 37 (for perplexity, lower numbers are better).
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 May 2024
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“Perplexity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perplexity. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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perplexity
noun
per·plex·i·ty
pər-ˈplek-sət-ē 
plural perplexities
1
: the state of being perplexed : bewilderment
2
: something that perplexes
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