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The phrase "am somewhat surprised" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing a mild level of surprise or unexpectedness about a situation or event.
Example: "I am somewhat surprised by the outcome of the meeting, as I expected a different result."
Alternatives: "I am a bit surprised" or "I am mildly surprised."
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But I am somewhat surprised that this many guys are having a great amount of success so early.
"I am somewhat surprised that teams and coaches haven't gone to this style of play before now," Levy said.
But, having appointed him to head what was then the Commission for Racial Equality, I am somewhat surprised at the examples given and the rewriting of history.
"I am somewhat surprised to find myself in a job where a large part of it is watching over people's estates," she says, "because coming from the ghetto in East New York, I didn't even know what an estate was".
"I am somewhat surprised about the magnitude of [the plants'] shift," he says.
I am somewhat surprised that the president hasn't taken a more aggressive stance on this issue.
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"We're somewhat surprised," she said.
"I was somewhat surprised," Mr. Miller said.
Sabathia said he was somewhat surprised to come out.
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"I was somewhat surprised to hear Ambassador Rice's description," he told reporters later.
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