: known or knowable only to a few people : secret
arcane rites
an arcane ritual
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Graduate students interested in learning to conduct this arcane work are a rare commodity.
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Eric Morgan, Wired News, 10 May 2025
The arcane process has made news in recent years, with Nielsen losing the MRC’s blessing for national and local ratings in 2021.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2025
Some of this may happen under cover of darkness, but much of it happens in the open, under cover of arcane technocracy or boring bureaucracy.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Based on the parameters of the arcane Equine Injury Database, where only racing deaths are counted, Churchill’s spring meet had 5.39 deaths for every 1,000 starts, as computed by The Times.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2025
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Eric Morgan, Wired News, 10 May 2025
The arcane process has made news in recent years, with Nielsen losing the MRC’s blessing for national and local ratings in 2021.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2025
Some of this may happen under cover of darkness, but much of it happens in the open, under cover of arcane technocracy or boring bureaucracy.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Based on the parameters of the arcane Equine Injury Database, where only racing deaths are counted, Churchill’s spring meet had 5.39 deaths for every 1,000 starts, as computed by The Times.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2025
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“Arcane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arcane. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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