puzzling
Americanadjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- puzzlingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of puzzling
Example Sentences
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Instead, what they’ve gotten is something far more puzzling: steady retail growth on the surface, paired with an extraordinary buildup of household savings underneath.
From MarketWatch
Which makes this week’s reaction to an entertaining—but by no means original —treatise on the impact of artificial intelligence on the world’s biggest economy all the more puzzling.
From Barron's
Yet puzzlingly, they remain sidelined in the current affordability conversation.
From MarketWatch
These effects are small but could help explain some couples' puzzling shifts in chemistry over time.
From BBC
It is puzzling why Ju Ae, a daughter, would be selected as the heir above an older son in North Korea's deeply patriarchal society.
From BBC
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