staggering figure

collocation in English

meaningsofstaggeringandfigure

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staggering
adjective
uk
/ˈstæɡ.ər.ɪŋ/us
/ˈstæɡ.ɚ.ɪŋ/
very shocking ...
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figure
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfɪɡ.ər/us
/ˈfɪɡ.jɚ/
the symbol for a number or an amount expressed ...
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(Definition ofstaggeringandfigurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Even if we allow for an element of exaggeration, that is astaggeringfigure.
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Indeed, about 16,000 people registered their opposition to this incinerator—astaggeringfigure.
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That is a moststaggeringfigureand the paradoxical situation is that although people are more secure materially they appear less secure in themselves.
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We should be told, at least, what is thestaggeringfigurethat prevents us from doing so.
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A married person will receive an extra £4·05, taking his benefit to thestaggeringfigureof £40 45.
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That is astaggeringfigure, to which soon will be added those subject to the new arrangements, for example.
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They reached thestaggeringfigureof about 100,000, and they have not yet finished.
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It is astaggeringfigurethat almost two in every three unemployed men in that exchange are 55 years of age and over.
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That seems to me to be a verystaggeringfigure.
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We are now informed that our national expenditure is to reach the reallystaggeringfigureof£3,940millions in the year 1946–47.
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It is astaggeringfigure, large enough to equip entirely a new nation, to establish a new country.
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That is astaggeringfigureand an appalling state of affairs.
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It is astaggeringfigure; a quarter of a million pounds in affiliation fees, compared with approximately £40,000 which was collected from constituency parties.
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One figure which we cannot deny is the total yield from all sources of motor taxation, which comes to thestaggeringfigureof £560 million.
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In 1988 alone, the value of store goods supplied on credit was £2·794 billion, which is astaggeringfigure.
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The total of public money now put into road and rail public transport amounts to thestaggeringfigureof £1,200 million.
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In other words, the total cost of unemployment is still at thestaggeringfigureof £114,000,000 a year.
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This review will increase the total of all member's quotas by one-third, taking the total to thestaggeringfigureof 45 billion dollars.
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That is astaggeringfigure, but it is a gross understatement of the true level of unemployment.
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Is not the answer £1,922 million, astaggeringfigure?
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