as in enigma
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 mystery
Sixth, for multiple reasons, this is a mystery hire.
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
The plot revolves around the original gang fighting new monsters and unraveling a paranormal mystery terrorizing their town.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Nov. 2025
Throughout the hour-long premiere, Megan Gallagher’s adaptation of Andrea Mara’s 2021 novel balances the tragic urgency of a missing-kid mystery with the soapy indulgences of a trash-TV thriller.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2025
The others are just underwritten pawns in a contrived mystery.
—Judy Berman, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
The plot revolves around the original gang fighting new monsters and unraveling a paranormal mystery terrorizing their town.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Nov. 2025
Throughout the hour-long premiere, Megan Gallagher’s adaptation of Andrea Mara’s 2021 novel balances the tragic urgency of a missing-kid mystery with the soapy indulgences of a trash-TV thriller.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2025
The others are just underwritten pawns in a contrived mystery.
—Judy Berman, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mystery
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mystery
Noun
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Further enigmas can be found elsewhere on public lands, including within state parks, recreational areas, and more.—
Mike Bezemek,
Outside,
29 Oct. 2025
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Soho House has always existed as something of an enigma to me.—
Rachel DeSantis,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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How long much of the 10,000-km (6,000-mile) journey is undertaken by the freeloading fish, which only live for about two years, is still a puzzle, Meynecke said.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Manić helped Packer solve a big part of the riddle.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 Nov. 2025
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In my experience, one viewing at the New York Film Festival was not enough to parse the film’s gorgeous riddles and meditation on cinema as a dream machine.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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And to get to play these characters that are layered and complex and multidimensional is really fun — anything where there's a public and a private life, and a secret, and different elements at play, and having to keep different balls in the air is really fulfilling and fun.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov. 2025
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The names of the betrayersare a secret carefully guarded by Cacique and the group called Caribe, a loose grouping of about 3,000 Venezuelan military personnel who have deserted the regime’s ranks and from abroad are trying to coordinate to overthrow Maduro.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Winning the lottery is supposed to fix all of your problems, but there are some debts that are too great for the big ticket to cover.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Nov. 2025
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The delicate appearance may surprise you since these blooms resist deer, have few pest and disease problems, and can grow in clay soil.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Mystery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mystery. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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