: known or knowable only to a few people : secret
arcane rites
an arcane ritual
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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.
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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
To bring this somewhat arcane competition down to earth, DARPA created an AIxCC Experience as part of the RSAC Conference.
—PC Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
From the 1950s, as foreign tourists poured onto its beaches, Spain lobbied hard to join the European Economic Community, presenting itself as a modern country, despite its rule by an arcane 1930s dictator.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
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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
To bring this somewhat arcane competition down to earth, DARPA created an AIxCC Experience as part of the RSAC Conference.
—PC Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
From the 1950s, as foreign tourists poured onto its beaches, Spain lobbied hard to join the European Economic Community, presenting itself as a modern country, despite its rule by an arcane 1930s dictator.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Arcane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arcane. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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