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Adjective
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In a brittle, anxious, nonlinear, incomprehensible (BANI) world where change is the only constant, the leadership traits that once earned respect—tenacity, decisiveness and stoicism—are no longer enough.—
Arthi Rabikrisson,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025 -
Each episode represents an hour in the staff’s frenetic, 15-hour day that culminates with a mass casualty shooting and an incomprehensible case of the measles involving an unvaccinated child.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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The description is a bit over the top, but what seems even more puzzling is that the restoration was financed by an industrial shipyard.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
20 June 2025
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All that said, the this weekend’s Matchday 17 schedule is extremely puzzling, particularly the early portion of it, in which there are two matches that will clash significantly with the UEFA Champions League Final between Paris-St. Germain and Inter Milan.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Comments Singer, actress, activist, indecipherable social media user — there are many contours to Cher.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
20 May 2025
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The app translated this information into line graphs that looked impressively medical but were, to me, indecipherable.—
Anonymous,
Vogue,
10 May 2025
Adjective
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Brooks said Act 372 was vague and imposed problems on librarians and bookstore owners trying to avoid prosecution.—
Brett Barrouquere,
Arkansas Online,
27 June 2025
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All of these legal tests, however, are quite vague.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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Trump entered negotiations to end the war in Ukraine by presenting Putin with a bouquet of inexplicable concessions.—
Andrew Ryvkin,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2025
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Boca una locura; a mad, inexplicable, head’s-gone kind of thing.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
Adjective
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The story in the graphic novel picks up 10 years after the events of the eponymous 1980 movie, as Joliet Jake disappears from prison under mysterious circumstances.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
20 June 2025
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All do so, apart from the titular madman, who has a mysterious reason to stay behind.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
20 June 2025
Adjective
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The case relates to the treatment of people attempting to reach Europe who were intercepted by the Libyan Coast Guard (LCG) - which is a nebulous entity comprising forces of the Libyan Navy as well as militias and criminal groups - in 2017.—
Frey Lindsay,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Her mother Sandy is her sole parent after her father passed away from some sort of nebulous accident, and Sandy has already been through it in the intervening years.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
10 June 2025
Adjective
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This obscure law vested NOAA with the authority to issue permits for mining beyond American jurisdiction until an international regime was put in place.—
Time,
Time,
17 June 2025
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That Davis exhibited but ultimately painted over the other two works in his geometric series might suggest some dissatisfaction with their admittedly obscure nature.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2025
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“Obfuscatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obfuscatory. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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