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as in inexplicable
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as in perplexing
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as in baffling
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
it is the cause of the disease that puzzles doctors
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Recent Examples of puzzling
Aja Romano, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024
These conflicting versions created a puzzling cognitive dissonance.
—Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
Lane Sainty, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
This is puzzling because a particle should have a single, consistent lifetime.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
The most puzzling reveal was a new suspect sketch, reportedly drawn early in 2017.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024
These conflicting versions created a puzzling cognitive dissonance.
—Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
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These conflicting versions created a puzzling cognitive dissonance.
—Lane Sainty, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
This is puzzling because a particle should have a single, consistent lifetime.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puzzling
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Which brings us back to the Russian dark ops and the inexplicable restraint of the Biden White House over helping Ukraine.Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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And many Democrats were stunned by the Harris campaign's inexplicable embrace of unpopular Bush-era Republicans like former Rep. Liz Cheney as a stunt to attract support from moderate and former GOP voters.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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The bulkiness of cooler weather jackets, coats, sweatshirts, and sweaters combined with the dilemma of hanging them in a closet or folding and placing them in a drawer is perplexing.Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 24 Dec. 2024
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Trump waded into the longtime sore subject Friday, surprising — and perplexing — some lawmakers.Emily Brooks, The Hill, 18 Dec. 2024
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The Wright-Patterson activity comes amid a string of mysterious drone sightings, primarily in the Northeast, that have been raising alarms among residents and local officials alike.Brad Lendon, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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Fantasia’s post was a lengthy summary of a legislative meeting with the Department of Homeland Security about the mysterious sightings.Stephen Pastis, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Even following such an uplifting and dominant win, Newcastle’s baffling, up-and-down campaign demands such hesitancy.Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
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Making this even more baffling was the choice not to include Spider-Man himself in these spinoffs, and the choice not to pit any of the villains against one another either.Mark Hughes, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Yet the sheer volume of healthcare data is nearly incomprehensible.Premier Contributor, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Disney first unveiled their new CGI design for Stitch at their D23 convention back in August, but Stitch's personality is all in his chaotic movements and incomprehensible alien sounds.Christian Holub, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2024
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House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, confirmed that the stopgap funding measure is dead and that the path forward is unclear.Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2024
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While the cause of the incident and the exact number of fatalities remains unclear, Governor Seyi Makinde confirmed there were fatalities and announced the deployment of security forces to the site to prevent further casualties and ensure safety in the aftermath.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Red One seemed like a bizarre experiment, some sort of action film-adjacent Santa Claus movie starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans that almost seemed to be a sort of parody of itself.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Her material consists of tales of her bizarre upbringing, highly unconventional family, and filterless confessions of her time on this filthy planet.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2024
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Many in the country have not given up hope the stadium — widely reported to have cost around $500million (£398m), although precise figures are vague — will stage the tournament’s final.Simon Hughes, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
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Copy Facebook Pinterest Twitter Travelers should soon be able to say goodbye for good to those hidden resort, cleaning, and other sometimes vague hotel and vacation rental fees that have been surprising them upon checkout for years.Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Puzzling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puzzling. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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