1
as in ambiguity
the quality or state of being impossible to know, understand, or explain
the mysteriousness of the nocturnal noises evaporated with the arrival of daybreak
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as in ambiguousness
the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning
the unexpected mysteriousness of the phone message had them a little concerned
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Noun
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The ruling opens the door to discovery on Paramount’s understanding of its deal with WBD and whether the company took fraudulent measures to take advantage of ambiguity in the contract.—
Winston Cho,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Jan. 2025 -
This state of ambiguity often leads to avoidance behavior, where people choose to stick with familiar but less desirable options because the unknown feels riskier.—
Tess Brigham,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Fall can be an autumnal festival or murder mystery.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
17 Jan. 2025
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Now, a non-fictional Space Bus named Pandora is ready to investigate celestial mysteries, like exoplanets that orbit small stars.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
17 Jan. 2025
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Curiously, this rediscovered impenetrability has come with Nick Pope, the undisputed No 1 goalkeeper, injured.—
Chris Waugh,
The Athletic,
1 Jan. 2025
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Kim Gordon, The Collective A 71-year-old noise-rocker reciting spoken word over drum machines might scan as avant-garde impenetrability.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
17 Dec. 2024
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Garage 66, the team that started this journey as MBM Motorsports and briefly seemed destined for obscurity, is now banking on a 22-year-old with a solid track record and a whole lot of determination.—
Greg Engle,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Her unusual trajectory, and her being based outside the US, may have contributed to her relative obscurity in New York.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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That could still mean 24-72 hours of darkness though, so just make sure you’re prepared.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Brief periods of darkness can also happen when the sun is totally obscured during total solar eclipses, which occur rarely in any particular spot on Earth.—
Ailsa Harvey,
Space.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Mysteriousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mysteriousness. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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