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abstruse

[ab-stroos] / æbˈstrus /


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The tax applies to town houses worth more than $5 million, as well as condos and co-ops valued at more than $1 million, according to the city government’s abstruse methodology—and rates are steep.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

The harvest was a series of crises, notably the 1998 collapse of the hedge fund Long Term Capital Management, which was founded by Nobel economics laureates to pursue abstruse arbitrage trades.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2026

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

The decades-old concept could explain many things, such as where WIMPs come from, but its main job is to solve a more abstruse problem.

From Science Magazine Mar. 27, 2024

Along with Goldman, Deutsche Bank was the leading market maker in abstruse mortgage derivatives.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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