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antinomy

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Definition of antinomy

as in mystery

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Recent Examples of antinomy Mapping today’s red-blue conflict on the Jamestown-Plymouth antinomy of four centuries ago can’t help seeming extremely forced. — James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026 The antinomy produces statements that can be neither false nor true. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2024 The antinomies of male and female, and the product of their union, seem very much on his mind during this period. — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023 The most recent developments in the Russian-Ukrainian war call forth similar antinomies. — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 15 June 2023

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But there’s no mystery to it, no blurred edges or murky, resonant spaces of uncertainty.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Among the 14 movies vying for the Golden Eye is Rhys Marc Jones’ Black Church Bay, a mystery-thriller starring Tom Cullen and Joe Locke about a man whose world unravels after an intimate encounter with a younger man.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of mystery

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Finding Lahti’s family was the latest step in a half-century long effort to solve the riddle of what led to the veteran’s death from two bullet wounds to the head.

— Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026
Whether the brand promise of independence survives a business model built on agent territory sales is one of the next riddles for the housing market to solve.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of riddle

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Dark matter, meanwhile, is thought to be the glue that holds galaxies and other massive structures in the universe together, but again, its nature is an enigma and its existence remains unproven.

— Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 30 Aug. 2026
Its findings could also unlock clues about dark energy and dark matter, and some of the universe’s biggest enigmas.

— Denise Chow, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of enigma

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This puzzle is the starting point for an area of math called sphere packing.

— Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
When River’s mercenary father, Frank Harkness (Hugo Weaving), shows up at David Cartwright’s funeral, the puzzle gets even more complex.

— Lisa de los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026

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