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
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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
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Whether or not Alice lived happily ever after, Gertrude seems to have done so, at least once her devils were banished by inscrutability.—
Judith Thurman,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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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
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But in terms of its actual content, the statement was pretty thin gruel, bristling with public relations-style circumlocution and vagueness.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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There was no vagueness, even to try to create leverage for a new contract amid a good season.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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Cinema raises moral questions and asks us to endure ambiguity rather than resolve it prematurely.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2026
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In the entrance room, a large-scale web of glass spheres suspended overhead evokes the ambiguity of safety and fear.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Early was one of Boston’s biggest minor league success stories last season, rising from relative obscurity to earn a late-season call-up while helping pitch the club into the playoffs for the first time since 2021.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
23 Feb. 2026
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Once again, shared appreciation of obscurity is the great unifier.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Unanswerability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unanswerability. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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