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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
The mysterious case captivated the nation for years.
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Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 26 Dec. 2024
The Death of a Salesman The first episode of the second season started with a bang and gave more insight into the mysterious life of The Salesman, played by Gong Yoo, one of the recruiters responsible for bringing new players into the games.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
The story picks up two years later, and Gi-hun has gotten no further in his quest, having failed to even track down the mysterious Salesman (Gong Yoo) who recruits potential contestants by challenging them to a game of Ddakji on subway platforms.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2024
While Dowd perished under mysterious circumstances, Annie Mae persevered with just a grade-school education, pushing her three children to succeed, with Johnson’s mother and uncle earning advanced degrees from historically Black universities.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
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Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 26 Dec. 2024
The Death of a Salesman The first episode of the second season started with a bang and gave more insight into the mysterious life of The Salesman, played by Gong Yoo, one of the recruiters responsible for bringing new players into the games.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
The story picks up two years later, and Gi-hun has gotten no further in his quest, having failed to even track down the mysterious Salesman (Gong Yoo) who recruits potential contestants by challenging them to a game of Ddakji on subway platforms.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2024
While Dowd perished under mysterious circumstances, Annie Mae persevered with just a grade-school education, pushing her three children to succeed, with Johnson’s mother and uncle earning advanced degrees from historically Black universities.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
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Fans and friends alike can’t get enough of the abstract albeit cryptic cover art.Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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Read: Pets really can be like human family Wearables could be especially helpful for cats, who are notoriously cryptic and tend to hide pain until a condition has significantly progressed.Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2024
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While Reeves will reprise his role as the iconic assassin in the upcoming movie, fans are eager for a potential John Wick 5 thanks to the ambiguous ending of John Wick 4.Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
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While this bias is common across various domains, its effects in the business world can be particularly catastrophic, especially in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environment.Bryce Hoffman, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
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Cold Water’s draw is therefore palpable, with Lincoln playing a repressed man who moves to a Scottish village and strikes up a relationship with an enigmatic neighbor, played by the always brilliant Ewen Bremner.Max Goldbart, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2024
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There is also the lovely enigmatic space between authorial voice and the voice of the book, which can take on a character of its own, and the voice of its characters.Erik Pedersen, Orange County Register, 27 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement Sometime in the wee hours Sunday morning, the lights over the speedway went dark for the last time.Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Bye Bye Dark Spots Concealer + Serum actively treats discoloration with 2% niacinamide and helps brighten the look of dark circles, thanks to caffeine.Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 23 Dec. 2024
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The port is a gateway to the state’s lush jungles, ancient ruins, and mystic traditions.Meagan Drillinger, AFAR Media, 17 Dec. 2024
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Set in the long period of winter darkness in Alaska, the mystic crime drama puts Chief Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Detective Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) to work investigating the frozen deaths of seven men at a research facility.Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
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An obscure, yet utterly delicious, grower Champagne from Charles De Cazanove is poured by the glass—and the cellar list offers cult splits like Louis Latour Chassagne-Montrachet and Cos D'Estournel Bordeaux Red Blend that guests can purchase with cash or miles.Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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They’re housed within the Department of Justice and run from an obscure corner of the bureaucracy called the Executive Office for Immigration Review in the Justice.Brian Bennett, TIME, 30 Dec. 2024
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Both years, Durbin showed an uncanny ability to steal bases.Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Wilson said Isaacman has an uncanny ability to get in the weeds despite being the CEO of a company that now has more than 3,000 employees.MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
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Gone is the gaunt, skeletal vampire of the 1922 film, replaced by a larger, more intimidating, master of the undead with a mustache and deep voice.Scott Phillips, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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The fate of the venue underlined deep worries about pandemic-era gentrification of the high desert, as big-money real estate and entertainment firms jockeyed for control of desirable properties and development opportunities.August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Mysterious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mysterious. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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