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 Known as Kelvin-Helmholtz instability, or KHI, the swirling patterns could explain enduring solar mysteries, such as why the sun’s corona, or outer atmosphere, is much hotter than its surface. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026 That's the age of the lead character of Lee's seventh novel; Jeon-Gi is a fumbling initiate into the bewildering mysteries of preadolescence. — Colin Dwyer, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026 Sophie Hannah has written 22 thrillers and 6 mysteries that continue the adventures of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot. — New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 One effort to unravel the mysteries and share the beauty of our parent star is being undertaken by the DEB. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026 But there's also usually more to the books beyond the central mysteries. — Felecia Wellington Radel, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026 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

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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

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Previous studies also have found differences between passive sedentary behaviors, such as television watching, and more mentally active ones, including solving puzzles and being mentally engaged during work.

— Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
His passions lie in using AI to solve scientific puzzles, like curing diseases and discovering new materials, and in ensuring that AI doesn’t accidentally cause catastrophic harm to humanity.

— Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of puzzles

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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

Definition of riddles

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While persistently defiant in the face of US threats, Iranian officials have acknowledged mounting economic and social problems after five months of conflict.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
The low-lying parts of the western Netherlands that are reclaimed land suffer increasingly from salinity in droughts, posing problems for farmers who grow fruit and vegetables in the fertile soil.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026

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