mind-boggling
adjective
mind-bog·gling
ˈmīn(d)-ˌbä-g(ə-)liŋ 
: mentally or emotionally exciting or overwhelming
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a big-box store with a mind-boggling array of home-improvement supplies for the do-it-yourselfer
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Washington University has seen its endowment balloon in recent years—at the end of fiscal 2021, the endowment netted a mind-boggling 65% return (the median return for college endowments that year was 27%), which brought its value from $9.6 billion to $15.3 billion.
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Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Its arrival means West Coasters, like my brother, can now enjoy the many mind-boggling attractions the line has pioneered without flying across the country to board one of the latest and greatest.
—Erica Silverstein, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2025
In Silicon Valley’s white-hot race for artificial intelligence supremacy, mind-boggling pay packages are part of the industry’s recruitment push.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 5 July 2025
Built with funding from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy, the facility will collect a mind-boggling amount of data on the entire southern night sky during a decade-long survey slated to start later this year.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 3 July 2025
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Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Its arrival means West Coasters, like my brother, can now enjoy the many mind-boggling attractions the line has pioneered without flying across the country to board one of the latest and greatest.
—Erica Silverstein, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2025
In Silicon Valley’s white-hot race for artificial intelligence supremacy, mind-boggling pay packages are part of the industry’s recruitment push.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 5 July 2025
Built with funding from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy, the facility will collect a mind-boggling amount of data on the entire southern night sky during a decade-long survey slated to start later this year.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 3 July 2025
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“Mind-boggling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mind-boggling. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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