as in impenetrability
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Noun
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Byrne is generous with his time and attention, but there’s also a Warholian air of mystery about him—a gentle impenetrability, a feeling of separateness.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025 -
As a result, the impenetrability of EU bureaucracies will continue to limit the United States’ ability to restructure transatlantic economic relations.—
JENNIFER KAVANAGH,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And that requires the opposite of inscrutability.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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His work marries a depth of thought with inscrutability, and for over 15 years, this has resulted in rap music that is ambitious and vulnerable while Staples comes off as ambivalent about it in interviews.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
13 Nov. 2025
Noun
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His roots offer some clues to understanding his esotericism.—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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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
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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Aspects of Beck and Jo’s story could be clearer, although the vagueness works, to an extent, as a reflection of how Beck has pushed aside her grief over her father, and how raw the wounds still are.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Mar. 2026
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Perhaps the intent is to cultivate suspense, yet the effect is a frustrating vagueness around the base conditions for the show’s central infatuation.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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There’s no ambiguity about who Vyleesi is for.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
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And even if the teller was present at the event recorded, there’s room for ambiguity, argument.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Offshore planning that relies primarily on obscurity misunderstands how transparent global finance has become.—
Ascend Agency,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026
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But Chase does not slink off into the obscurity of his podcast studio.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Unanswerability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unanswerability. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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