arcane
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There are arcane accounting techniques for tracking the ripple effects on land use.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
It’s important to be able to talk in that way and bring the debate actually away from arcane interpretation and back towards: So what are we even doing in the first place here?
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
So what better time to drop a new album full of arcane jokes, baffling vocal affects and light conspiracy theorizing?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
He wanted more of them and made his name marshaling often arcane data to win arguments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Within the ranks of his arcane field—an advanced technology called synthetic aperture radar, or SAR—he is an eminence.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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