Thesaurus results for MYSTERIES

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 Just bearing witness to the marketing for all these murder-mysteries is enough to make any discerning viewer desperate for Hollywood to hurry up and start chasing the next trend already. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 July 2026 The anime merely depicts a border spat between a few small nations, whereas the manga is more global in reach and also deals with much of the underlying mysteries of the corrupted world the characters now live in. — Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 Christopher Nolan has directed everything from sci-fi thrillers such as Interstellar, Tenet and Inception to historical dramas like Dunkirk and Oppenheimer, mysteries like The Prestige and Memento and superhero films with his Dark Knight trilogy. — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 2026 In recent years, the typical Shears song has cloaked descriptions of paranormal encounters in hardcore distortion and cartoon sound effects, fleshing out the twins’ strange world while hinting at weirder mysteries beneath the surface. — Jude Noel, Pitchfork, 22 July 2026 Minotaur, 304 pages, $28 The subgenre of culinary mysteries has undergone a sea change in the past 16 years. — Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026 To do so, Nolan combines myth with history — more specifically, with one of the ancient world’s most fascinating mysteries. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 July 2026 Two major mysteries in science, the nature of dark matter and the possible existence of higher dimensions, could be linked, new research suggests. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 16 July 2026 The case underscores how advances in investigative genetic genealogy continue to solve decades-old mysteries once thought unsolvable, helping investigators identify victims who for years had no name. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026

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In 2024, now grown and with her adoptive father’s approval, the young woman sets off with a wealthy merchant to piece together the historical enigmas surrounding the ancient Sumpa kingdom.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 June 2026
Bob Gray is one of the big enigmas in the book that are intentionally put there to create tension and are never solved.

— Scott Huver, Deadline, 26 Apr. 2026

Definition of enigmas

Noun

Players navigate impossible architecture and perspective-bending puzzles as reality twists around them.

— Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 23 July 2026
The lowest score came from The Guardian, which handed it two stars out of five, while Giant Bomb landed positive overall with a complaint that the boss fights lean on damage sponges more than puzzles.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of puzzles

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Over the course of the weekend, secrets are revealed, including that Chan’s character Gigi had been having an affair with Hollis’ husband Matthew.

— Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 24 July 2026
After making Comic-Con history for debuting Spider-Man 2, the first video game to ever occupy Hall H, Insomniac Games and Sony Interactive clawed their way back to San Diego on Thursday to reveal gameplay secrets for the upcoming Marvel’s Wolverine.

— Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 23 July 2026

Definition of secrets

Noun

This Father's Day, break out these silly (and slightly cringe-y) one-liners, puns, riddles, and jokes.

— Jamie Fischer, Parents, 20 June 2026
The machine’s repertoire included answers to 12 riddles, passages from books, and laughing, crying and kissing sounds, as well as arias sung in both male and female voices—all feats that Edison’s phonograph would one day be able to accomplish by recording and playing back the human voice.

— Ron Cowen, Scientific American, 3 June 2026

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