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arcane

[ahr-keyn] / ɑrˈkeɪn /


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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

Lodge, 71, a veteran practitioner in this rather arcane field, is a man who’s both exactly what you’d expect him to be and perhaps not what you anticipated.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

If the value of a fund’s purchased loans is inflated by an arcane accounting rule, investors may suffer significant losses when these loans become due.

From MarketWatch Apr. 27, 2026

It educates us in many arcane worlds of arts and crafts, quilts, chairs, pickle crocks and other items whose value really can be in the eye of the beholder.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

Simply being able to count was considered a talent as mystical and arcane as casting spells and calling the gods by name.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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