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Free sign upThe phrase "are quite surprising" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express that something is unexpected or astonishing in a moderate degree.
Example: "The results of the experiment are quite surprising, as they contradict our initial hypothesis."
Alternatives: "are rather astonishing" or "are fairly unexpected."
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The results of our comparative genomic analysis are quite surprising.
Some of the answers we get are quite surprising.
These numbers are quite surprising for three reasons.
"I think the Gran Chaco results are quite surprising — there's much greater deforestation than we expected," Dr. Mulligan said.
This implies that given the very low levels of unemployment we started with, these high levels are quite surprising, even though we've had very bad payroll growth.
Indeed, their manners are not perfect but they are quite surprising for trucks built with bodies bolted onto frames and side rails running from headlights to liftgate.
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This in itself is quite surprising.
It's quite surprising in that way.
"It's quite surprising," she added.
That is quite surprising to some people," said Lerner.
Corina Chen agreed, saying: "Yeah, it's quite surprising.
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