- plural of conundrum.
conundrums
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For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, John, David, and special guest Stephen Colbert answer listeners’ conundrums of all kinds: the meaningful, the trivial, and the delightfully absurd.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2025
Webster and Hopkins’s unique creation invites readers to stand in for the three main characters— the debutante Helen; the caddish Jed; and the good guy Saunders—as these hapless young people confront romantic and ethical conundrums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
And while there are entire branches of philosophy devoted to the conundrums from misaligned moral tenets and professional duties, negotiation offers some of the more creative approaches.
From Salon ● May 23, 2025
It is harder to apply to longer term diplomatic conundrums such as war.
From BBC ● May 16, 2025
I was so frightened, and at the mercy of so many conundrums, that inevitably, that summer, someone would have taken me over; one doesn’t, in Harlem, long remain standing on any auction block.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
