1
as in cryptic
being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain
the huge stone statues on Easter Island are ancient, mysterious, and haunting
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as in ambiguous
having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning
the stranger's mysterious prediction
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Recent Examples of mysterious
When their son Paul (Johnny Berchtold) is involved in a fatal boat accident, the Murdaughs are faced with a challenge, as their connections to several mysterious deaths raise questions about their family.
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Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
Meta, Google and Samsung are all investing in smart glasses that can analyze a user’s surroundings and answer questions, while OpenAI is collaborating with former Apple design chief Jony Ive on a mysterious new AI device.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
The area of Lake Michigan waters between the shores of west Michigan and Wisconsin includes the Great Lakes' mysterious region known as the Lake Michigan Triangle, drawing comparisons to the infamous Bermuda Triangle, the Milwaukee Sentinel Journal reported.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2025
As details come to light and new challenges emerge, the family’s connections to several mysterious deaths raise questions which threaten the familly.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
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Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
Meta, Google and Samsung are all investing in smart glasses that can analyze a user’s surroundings and answer questions, while OpenAI is collaborating with former Apple design chief Jony Ive on a mysterious new AI device.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
The area of Lake Michigan waters between the shores of west Michigan and Wisconsin includes the Great Lakes' mysterious region known as the Lake Michigan Triangle, drawing comparisons to the infamous Bermuda Triangle, the Milwaukee Sentinel Journal reported.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2025
As details come to light and new challenges emerge, the family’s connections to several mysterious deaths raise questions which threaten the familly.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mysterious
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These fish, known for their cryptic behavior, were identified as a neonative species, expanding their range naturally.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Ars reached out to Google for an explanation, receiving a cryptic and somewhat unsatisfying reply.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
4 Sep. 2025
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Unlike Europe's clear regulatory framework under PSD2, American enterprises operate in a more ambiguous environment where implementation decisions must account for evolving compliance requirements and uncertain regulatory timelines.—
Dave Glaser,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Dani's on-again, off-again relationship with playboy photographer Andre — who's also her sister's ex's nephew — has become more ambiguous than ever in recent weeks.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Sep. 2025
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Acclaimed country musician Orville Peck will make his film debut in Street Fighter as the enigmatic Vega, a masked fighter with a freaky set of Freddy Krueger claws.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Sep. 2025
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One of Al Pacino’s finest performances of the 1970s — which, with the Godfather films and Serpico, is an absurd hot hand — is as the enigmatic, wild-eyed Sonny, a man who performs a desperate bank robbery with his partner (the late John Cazale, by turns heartbreakingly clueless and dopily funny).—
Christina Newland,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Interestingly, Lorraine has taught Judy to ward off her frightening visions by using a nursery rhyme, effectively teaching her to suppress her dark side.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Dolphins wear white jerseys at home for afternoon games, forcing opponents to wear darker colors that absorb more heat.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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Yet Blanc’s real faith lies in the nearly mystic quality involved in seeing what the human animal is capable of.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
7 Sep. 2025
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Yeats’s spirals, once dismissed as the wild diagrams of a mystic, now settle over this place like soot.—
Alaa Alqaisi
August 13,
Literary Hub,
13 Aug. 2025
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For instance, in a now obscure 1944 speech, Franklin Delano Roosevelt argued that the American Revolution remained an incomplete project.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Sep. 2025
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Department and team-level metrics expose inefficiency that company-wide averages often obscure.—
Heidi Farris,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Of course, the resemblance was uncanny, from their matching smiles to their auburn-red hair, which Julia wore down in loose waves and Emma styled in a messy ponytail.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
11 Sep. 2025
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The job requires an uncanny ability to sell each bit of incremental progress as a success in and of itself.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
11 Sep. 2025
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Frequently, capital comes with deep industry roots — a former music executive backing a music startup, or a healthcare veteran funding a medtech company.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Subprime borrowers and deep subprime borrowers are not likely to buy new cars.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Mysterious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mysterious. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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