mystifications

plural of mystification

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mystifications
Noun
  • For nearly five decades, NASA's twin Voyager probes have plumbed the cosmos in search of answers to some of astronomy's most perplexing mysteries about our solar system and its place in the wider universe.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • While researchers will continue to study the Galilean moons with Juno, the spacecraft will be joined by others in the coming years, potentially solving even more mysteries in the Jovian system.
    Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Unexplained aerial phenomena, commonly branded as UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) and more recently as UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena), remain one of history’s most enduring enigmas.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
  • These cosmic enigmas defy our everyday understanding of space and time, swallowing light and matter and pushing the laws of physics to the extreme.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • English also says that protective or tight styles can also lead to matting if left in too long, by compacting tangles at the base.
    Grace McCarty, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Peralta leaders had kicked around the idea for years but avoided discussing it in concrete terms, with bureaucratic tangles often getting in the way.
    Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2025
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“Mystifications.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mystifications. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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