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abstruse

[ab-stroos] / æbˈstrus /


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They explain abstruse technical aspects, muse on therapy practices and add historical and cultural references.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Mr. Barnes has long brought something exotic to English literature, but never anything so abstruse as to become alienating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

Also, his estimate arose from abstruse economic formulas and lots of magic asterisks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2025

That might sound like an abstruse philosophical argument, but he says it's a hot debate within the scientific community.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2025

Unable to decipher the abstruse writing, I shook my head.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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