as in incomprehensible
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Adjective
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This is something incomprehensible to any human being.—
Caitlin McFall,
Fox News,
5 Feb. 2025 -
The loss of Oakland’s MLB team and then the city’s greatest MLB son in the same year is an almost incomprehensible loss for fans like Peters, who feel abandoned by the league.—
Melissa Lockard,
The Athletic,
21 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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What’s puzzling is that, in both of these severe cases, the virus was not related to the virus that is circulating in cattle.—
Lisa M. Krieger,
The Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2025
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Maybe the most puzzling part of this trade is Chicago’s role in all of it.—
James Mirtle,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Presenting as an indecipherable puzzle is paramount.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2025
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It's presented as a form of thermal vision accompanied by muddled and indecipherable audio.—
Simon Thompson,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Filmmakers work to an intentionally vague brief from Mrs. Muccia Prada: make a short film, using Miu Miu’s latest collection, that articulates a woman’s story.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2025
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Related Stories The film, however, bears no clear timeline, other than the vague notion of modernity.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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These are the people who, for some inexplicable reason, will park right next to you, even though there are hundreds of open spaces in the parking lot.—
Sherry Kuehl,
Kansas City Star,
12 Feb. 2025
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Leno has generally been good this season but was comically poor in this one, a poor pass to Pereira followed by an inexplicable howler.—
Roshane Thomas,
The Athletic,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Beyond mysterious Gathering new data about Venus is vital, Garvin pointed out, so that the next wave of exploration is grounded in what must be done first as scientists attempt to further reveal our sister world.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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That gusher of findings will include new observations of exoplanets—or planets orbiting other stars; new surveys of the structure of the Milky Way; and new studies of dark energy, the mysterious, invisible force that causes the universe to expand continuously at an ever-accelerating rate.—
Jeffrey Kluger/Greenbelt,
TIME,
8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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That’s a bit of a nebulous proposition, so here are some guidelines: 1.—
Justin Curto,
Vulture,
3 Feb. 2025
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Nadella not being read in on the nebulous details of Stargate says a lot about how much Microsoft and OpenAI have drifted apart.—
Alex Heath,
The Verge,
25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Customers can make an appointment to browse the merchandise, including furniture, jewelry, silver, and obscure objects from around the globe, before placing their bids in the auctions, which are held exclusively online.—
Frances MacDougall,
Southern Living,
17 Feb. 2025
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Players carry fake guns – such as water pistols – while concealing their identities and running through areas and hiding in obscure places.—
Julia Bonavita,
Fox News,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Obfuscatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obfuscatory. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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