as in enigmas
something hard to understand or explain
why my sister married that guy is still a mystery to my parents
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Recent Examples of mysteries
Nonetheless, Simón stirs up the ineffable sadness that comes with wanting answers to the mysteries of your family — and then, like it or not, receiving them.
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Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
Many aspects of the physics underlying GRBs remain enigmatic—but Rubin’s potential for discovering entirely new types of transients could soon offer astronomers a wealth of additional cosmic mysteries to solve.
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Clara Moskowitz,
Scientific American,
1 July 2026
His story stretches beyond sports, touching one of Haiti’s many mysteries of Haiti’s brutal Duvalier dictatorship and reflecting on the outsize role Haitians have long played in shaping American history.
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Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2026
They are filled with secrets, obsessions, and murder mysteries.
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Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Demis Hassabis long dreamed of building a machine powerful enough to untangle science’s greatest mysteries.
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The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Sheep who just so happen to also be pretty great at solving mysteries.
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Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
With every passing year, as historical mysteries are solved, and documents and artifacts emerge from attics and museum archives, those representations become more accurate.
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Melanie Stetson Freeman,
Christian Science Monitor,
26 June 2026
Its goal is to unlock the mysteries of dark energy while planet hunting outside our solar system.
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Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 June 2026
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
Many aspects of the physics underlying GRBs remain enigmatic—but Rubin’s potential for discovering entirely new types of transients could soon offer astronomers a wealth of additional cosmic mysteries to solve.
—
Clara Moskowitz,
Scientific American,
1 July 2026
His story stretches beyond sports, touching one of Haiti’s many mysteries of Haiti’s brutal Duvalier dictatorship and reflecting on the outsize role Haitians have long played in shaping American history.
—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2026
They are filled with secrets, obsessions, and murder mysteries.
—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Demis Hassabis long dreamed of building a machine powerful enough to untangle science’s greatest mysteries.
—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Sheep who just so happen to also be pretty great at solving mysteries.
—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
With every passing year, as historical mysteries are solved, and documents and artifacts emerge from attics and museum archives, those representations become more accurate.
—
Melanie Stetson Freeman,
Christian Science Monitor,
26 June 2026
Its goal is to unlock the mysteries of dark energy while planet hunting outside our solar system.
—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mysteries
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In 2024, now grown and with her adoptive father’s approval, the young woman sets off with a wealthy merchant to piece together the historical enigmas surrounding the ancient Sumpa kingdom.
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Bob Gray is one of the big enigmas in the book that are intentionally put there to create tension and are never solved.
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Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!
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To test that, the final group completed cognitively demanding games such as mazes and shape puzzles called tangrams that contained no academic content.
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Dark visions and secrets quickly come to light, as Mārama grapples with her heritage in the shadow of colonizers.
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The play, which was a finalist for the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, follows three adult children who meet to settle their fathers’ estate, and, in the process, discover secrets about their parents’ lives.
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This Father's Day, break out these silly (and slightly cringe-y) one-liners, puns, riddles, and jokes.
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The machine’s repertoire included answers to 12 riddles, passages from books, and laughing, crying and kissing sounds, as well as arias sung in both male and female voices—all feats that Edison’s phonograph would one day be able to accomplish by recording and playing back the human voice.
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On Tuesday, some customers were still reporting problems accessing accounts, updating banking information and navigating the transition.
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Peterson has since said an increase in his creatine intake was to blame for his cramping problems.
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“Mysteries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mysteries. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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