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mystery

[mis-tuh-ree, -tree] / ˈmɪs tə ri, -tri /


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Scientists investigating why the Moon's two sides look so different have uncovered new evidence that could help explain this long-standing mystery.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Raman is still a mystery to many, even though she’s polling ahead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

But I don’t think there’s any mystery about what it’s going to be, do you?

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

We usually value landscapes for what we can see, but, as Ms. Turetsky shows, much of the richness and mystery of boglands is underground.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

He must be thinking either that I have presented him with a mystery with an impossible solution or that the whole thing is entirely in my head.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

The Nancy Drew mysteries wisely steered clear of this prickly subject.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Panel shows and murder mysteries are my favorite television programs, and I now feel I’ve completed the set by having made an example of each of them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Nobel Prize-winning American researcher Karl Deisseroth is a psychiatrist, neuroscientist and bioengineer who has spent more than two decades illuminating the workings of the brain to unlock its mysteries.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

After discovering his suppressed memories, Cramer began teaching meditation classes for others seeking to unlock the mysteries of the mind.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Everywhere he taught men the culture of the vine and the mysteries of his worship and everywhere they accepted him as a god until he drew near to his own country.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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