as in impenetrability
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Noun
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Byrne is generous with his time and attention, but there’s also a Warholian air of mystery about him—a gentle impenetrability, a feeling of separateness.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025 -
As a result, the impenetrability of EU bureaucracies will continue to limit the United States’ ability to restructure transatlantic economic relations.—
JENNIFER KAVANAGH,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Sep. 2025
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This was only the start of the incomprehensibility of this segment.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
6 Feb. 2026
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Duco negates the need for any human intervention by leveraging a hanging robotic system that automatically sketches multi-layered circuity to enable novel large-scale interfaces.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
15 Feb. 2023
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Mazzone hopes that studying the neural circuity for coughing will eventually lead to new therapies.—
Sarah Zhang,
Discover Magazine,
11 Apr. 2012
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But few of them are explicit about that, and their counterparts in the academy indulge in the same vagueness.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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Starmer’s vagueness may be a measure of the lack of good options that US allies have to spur Iran to reopen the strait.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
16 Mar. 2026
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Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks were volatile in early trading on Tuesday and were on course to round-off their worst monthly performance in six years, as uncertainty over the trajectory of the Iran war lingers.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
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With ongoing uncertainty surrounding his playing status, the network’s stance signals a deliberate shift away from off-course drama and toward preserving the Masters’ golf-first presentation.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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None of us can know the profoundness of their loss.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 Feb. 2026
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The opening notes of the title song introduced the exquisite complexity that characterized the album as a whole.—
Chris Young,
AJC.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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Wacksman said an education gap remains a high barrier for many prospective buyers, as most don’t fully understand the complexity of housing transactions.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Indirectness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indirectness. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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