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conundrum

[kuh-nuhn-druhm] / kəˈnʌn drəm /


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A broader conundrum is whether the Office of the High Representative itself has a future and, if not, where that would leave Bosnia.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

It is a moral conundrum that can have no resolution.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

"Until recently, while stellar rotation was thought to be part of solving this conundrum, limited computing abilities prevented us from quantitatively testing the hypothesis," says Falk Herwig, principal investigator and director of ARC.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

The upside risks from oil prices only adds to that conundrum.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

The puzzlement in having to make sense of this abstract philosophical conundrum mingles with the poignancy of having to come to terms with the loss of someone we love.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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