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mysteries

noun

plural of mystery

as in enigmas

something hard to understand or explain why my sister married that guy is still a mystery to my parents

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Recent Examples of mysteries But now, a trail of breadcrumbs strewn across multiple states has led investigators to consider whether the two mysteries have always been intertwined. — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026 But genuinely funny moments are rare, badly outnumbered by done-to-death musings regarding the mysteries of being alive and torturous melodramatic moments in which Klara dully absorbs the severity of Josie’s illness and Chrissy’s sorrow. — Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 Genres run from crime thrillers and detective mysteries to folklore horror, social and courtroom drama, and romance. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026 Disasters punctuate this fall’s best mysteries… The return of pneumonic plague, the blob-like ooze of data centers, the revival of the rattail ’do—disasters seem to be looming around every corner right now. — Lisa Henricksson, Air Mail, 17 Oct. 2026 Most Sherlock Holmes stories are mysteries – intricate, complex and brilliantly written. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026 One of cosmology’s greatest mysteries is the nature of dark energy—the invisible force that keeps the universe expanding at an ever-increasing rate. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 Their disappearance has become one of the world's greatest mysteries. — Lana Zak, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Now, nearly 90 years later, one of aviation’s greatest mysteries might be solved. — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 14 Oct. 2026

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PBHs could help resolve other enigmas, too, for instance by acting as seeds for the rapid growth of supermassive black holes in the early universe.

— Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 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 enigmas

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State secrets, exposed Curiously, the grand jury indicted no one, saying no one seemed to know who was responsible.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
One of the secrets to SunZia’s ultimate success in New Mexico was the project’s ability to strike compromises, even with some of its earliest critics.

— Sara Herschander, Vox, 22 Oct. 2026

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