as in impenetrability
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Noun
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This may be Riley’s attempt to portray the insularity and impenetrability of Ruth’s community, a faith so particular that even the reader is denied access to it.—
Hannah Gold,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025 -
For certain travelers, though, especially those who gravitate toward conflict zones and geopolitical oddities, Turkmenistan’s impenetrability has given it an alluring mystique.—
Joe Yogerst,
CNN Money,
31 July 2025
Noun
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Théodore Pellerin is a force of abstract inscrutability as Matthew, a character whose true motivations are always kept just out of frame.—
Michael Cuby,
Them.,
27 Aug. 2025
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For the most part my efforts at sculpting a musical identity were fueled by an esotericism that disdained common and easily accessible genres.—
Justin E. H. Smith,
Harper's Magazine,
6 Sep. 2023
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None of this is a problem in and of itself, but a little esotericism goes a long way — and Gallardo isn’t exactly of the opinion that less is more in that department.—
Michael Nordine,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2022
Noun
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That intrigue and mysteriousness still rest in the canyon walls today.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The book is padded full of the thin, present-tense prose beloved of young writers, who mistake its vagueness for urgency.—
Robert Rubsam,
Vulture,
18 Sep. 2025
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Capo said that vagueness is exactly what makes the TEA’s warning so concerning.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That ambiguity allows for a certain richness of imagination.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
24 Sep. 2025
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Part of the flag’s effectiveness comes from its ambiguity.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Every so often, a special teams player emerges from obscurity.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Sep. 2025
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You got plucked from obscurity to do this project.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Unanswerability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unanswerability. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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