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as in profound
difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand
metaphysics is such an esoteric subject that most people are content to leave it to the philosophers
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as in confidential
not known or meant to be known by the general populace
must have had some esoteric motive for leaving his art collection to a museum halfway around the globe
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Recent Examples of esoteric
Those users aren’t equipped with advanced, expensive and sometimes esoteric computing hardware.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 25 May 2026
These projects might seem regional and the structures a little esoteric, but the hope is that figuring out the right structure and then scaling it will unlock projects across Asia and ultimately the world.
—Justin Worland, Time, 22 May 2026
Much the same could be said of Amalia’s esoteric delusions.
—Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 16 May 2026
The 33-year-old son of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg — known for an esoteric social media presence and a sporadic work history — is vying for the NY-12 House seat.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 25 May 2026
These projects might seem regional and the structures a little esoteric, but the hope is that figuring out the right structure and then scaling it will unlock projects across Asia and ultimately the world.
—Justin Worland, Time, 22 May 2026
Much the same could be said of Amalia’s esoteric delusions.
—Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 16 May 2026
The 33-year-old son of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg — known for an esoteric social media presence and a sporadic work history — is vying for the NY-12 House seat.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for esoteric
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Through cinéma vérité scenes, archival footage, and interviews, the film explores the relationship between art and civic life — how storytelling can help restore a sense of community after profound tragedy.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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This resilience boils down to a profound decoupling of casual foot traffic from pure discretionary spending.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
11 June 2026
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All calls are toll-free and confidential.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026
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All calls are kept confidential.—
Mark Prussin,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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The women had been close friends while studying for their doctorates some years earlier, but Catherine has since grown resentful of Leonora’s career, and dismissive of women whose scholarly ambitions come before marital subservience.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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There has never quite been a critical or scholarly consensus about them, but Bellini, whose music is suspended somewhere between Rossini’s precise brilliance and Donizetti’s rhetorical force, can move audiences with his melodic facility.—
Arya Roshanian,
The New York Review of Books,
6 June 2026
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Tortuga sits on 1,300 feet of private beach with clean white sand and turquoise water.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 June 2026
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On June 5, Knox was recorded at his private high school ceremony in Los Angeles.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
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That it was spliced with footage of his secret ex-girlfriend, Meija Moreno, confessing to Ciara Miller and Kyle Cooke via FaceTime that West had lied like crazy about their relationship status portended certain doom.—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
10 June 2026
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Trump then told reporters about a secret military mission to ensure safe passage for oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important commercial waterways.—
Ana Ceballos,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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Law enforcement conducted the sting Tuesday night at an undisclosed hotel.—
Anna McAllister,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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Building 4 has been fully preleased to an undisclosed tenant, filling 409,000 square feet and marking the largest new industrial lease signed in the Denver area since 2024, according to the announcement.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
10 June 2026
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“Esoteric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/esoteric. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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