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as in cryptic
being beyond one's powers to know, understand, or explain
the huge stone statues on Easter Island are ancient, mysterious, and haunting
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as in ambiguous
having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning
the stranger's mysterious prediction
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Recent Examples of mysterious
And another 25% consists of dark matter, a mysterious material that holds galaxies together.
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Quanta Magazine,
22 June 2026
The eight-episode series, which debuted on May 21 and followed a retirement community experiencing mysterious activity, was created by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews.
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Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
But the arrival of New York Times travel writer Arthur Lloyd (Bashir Salahuddin), who has the clout to make Tom’s aspirations for Widow’s Bay come true, coincides with the onset of a mysterious fog.
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Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
21 June 2026
True allyship in the workplace requires dismantling the outdated structures that keep employees hidden behind a mysterious managerial curtain.
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Julie Kratz,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for mysterious
Quanta Magazine,
22 June 2026
The eight-episode series, which debuted on May 21 and followed a retirement community experiencing mysterious activity, was created by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews.
—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
But the arrival of New York Times travel writer Arthur Lloyd (Bashir Salahuddin), who has the clout to make Tom’s aspirations for Widow’s Bay come true, coincides with the onset of a mysterious fog.
—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
21 June 2026
True allyship in the workplace requires dismantling the outdated structures that keep employees hidden behind a mysterious managerial curtain.
—
Julie Kratz,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for mysterious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mysterious
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His doctors speculated his infection might have been a rare case of cryptic transmission from sharing meals and bathrooms with his coworkers, one of whom apparently had a tapeworm infection.
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The Drama stirred debate on social media over its cryptic marketing campaign that did not directly divulge the main focus of the film.
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Rubio met with Gulf Arab leaders in Bahrain on Thursday in an effort to assuage their concerns over certain terms of the MOU, including the ambiguous language around the management of the Strait of Hormuz.
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With one, everything the best-performing agent learns is written into a layer for the next—how to handle a difficult customer, which exception patterns resolved cleanly, what an ambiguous edge case meant for the business.
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Excavations at Rising Star have sparked debate about whether these little hominins had all ended up in the caves by tragic accident, or whether they’d been carefully placed there by other members of their enigmatic species, dubbed Homo naledi.
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Llúcia Garcia took no acting lessons to prepare for her first role — her Marina is a bit enigmatic, a little hard to read, a mystery of a young woman with a face sometimes half-shrouded by a movie camera, restlessly curious.
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Tourism and city officials say that marketplace channels festival foot traffic directly to Black entrepreneurs and helps keep dollars circulating in local neighborhoods long after the stages go dark.
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Jason kept the look casual in a light blue graphic T-shirt, white shorts, a baseball cap and dark sunglasses.
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The mystic chords that bind us together matter more than any policy.
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Operating within those parameters, the mystic outlands trend extends to some of the world’s most mesmerizing corners.
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What has changed in recent years, however, is that prediction markets are no longer an obscure pastime enjoyed by political junkies.
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What many people don’t know is that an earlier and more obscure stint during the administration of President Gerald Ford shaped him as a public servant.
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Or a cartoony hamburger that is doing a little too much — the cheese drip a little too textured, the shine on the bun a little uncanny.
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Strong opening performances have fueled this intensity, which paradoxically arises from their uncanny parallels as footballing nations.
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While the artist’s work resonates with audiences around the world, Miami’s deep Caribbean and Latin American cultures, central to the city’s identity, may allow many visitors to connect in a deeper way.
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The delightful and deceptively deep family mystery comedy stars Hugh Jackman as an English shepherd (Hugh Jackman) who is found dead.
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“Mysterious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mysterious. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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