enigmas

plural of enigma
as in mysteries
something hard to understand or explain how Thomas Jefferson could be both a slaveholder and a champion of liberty remains an enigma

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Recent Examples of enigmas Over time, the fate of the footage has become one of the biggest enigmas in Hollywood history. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025 Unexplained aerial phenomena, commonly branded as UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) and more recently as UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena), remain one of history’s most enduring enigmas. Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025 These cosmic enigmas defy our everyday understanding of space and time, swallowing light and matter and pushing the laws of physics to the extreme. Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2025 Richarlison is one of the Premier League’s most exciting enigmas. Elias Burke, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2025
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mysteries
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  • For nearly five decades, NASA's twin Voyager probes have plumbed the cosmos in search of answers to some of astronomy's most perplexing mysteries about our solar system and its place in the wider universe.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • While researchers will continue to study the Galilean moons with Juno, the spacecraft will be joined by others in the coming years, potentially solving even more mysteries in the Jovian system.
    Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Enigmas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enigmas. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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