The phrase "a startling conclusion" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an unexpected or surprising result or finding in a discussion, analysis, or argument.
Example: "After reviewing the data, the researchers arrived at a startling conclusion that challenged previous assumptions about the disease."
Alternatives: "an astonishing finding" or "a surprising result."
Another match that had a startling conclusion was Toms's 1-up victory over Chris Riley.
And indeed, this principle, as asserted by Mr. Wolfram, leads to a startling conclusion.
A startling conclusion: that the Conservative leader whose reputation most deserves to be revalued upwards is the current Prime Minister.
But that, too, is not a startling conclusion or one that most reputable public-health officials would argue with.
After compiling this first-of-its-kind data set, Jordà's team makes a startling conclusion: If anything, Piketty's book underestimates the historical rate of return on wealth.
It was a startling conclusion to a tense and close game, and cracked the level of composure that both teams had tried to maintain.
Don't Look Now has a similarly startling conclusion and is a gloriously morbid achievement, replete in gothic imagery and the most horrible dwarf in cinema history.
A few days later, Russian officials came to a different, startling conclusion.
On the other hand, the entire abstruse exercise failed to arrive at a very startling conclusion when it came to identifying the most productive of all the league's players.
NEW YORK — A dress and a room set, both apparently charred to a cinder-black surface, is the startling conclusion of an exhibition devoted to Rodarte.
This line of reasoning leads straight to a simple but rather startling conclusion: introns that currently reside in eukaryotic genes, after all, do derive, through an uninterrupted lineage of selfish elements, from primordial genetic elements.
