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The phrase "a shocking amount" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a quantity or degree that is surprising or unexpected, often in a negative context.
Example: "The report revealed a shocking amount of waste produced by the factory last year."
Alternatives: "an alarming quantity" or "a staggering number".
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Christmas generates a shocking amount of waste.
"It was a shocking amount of money.
"It is a shocking amount of money," Ms Thornton said.
A shocking amount of what we're reading is created not by humans but by computer algorithms.
There is a shocking amount of proper, terrorising fear during this and subsequent scenes.
"People are spending a shocking amount of time in the multiplayer gaming world.
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There is for instance a "truly shocking amount of roadkill".
A recent study by The Drum showed a surprising (some might say shocking) amount of homogeneity.
After the shocking amount of misery Lauck has endured, it would take a heart of stone not to want to do something kind for her -- say, buy her book.
Andy Burnham, the shadow health secretary, said the "shocking" amount of sugar in many foodstuffs was hidden from consumers, but was so great that ministers had to intervene.
Nevertheless, during the trial's emotional closing arguments, jurors were told of the "shocking amount of death, injury and destruction" that saw "innocent men, women and children mowed down" as they went about their business in downtown Baghdad.
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