inscrutable
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Telecasts became crowded with inscrutable advanced metrics and probabilities.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026
Mr. Macmillan doesn’t lose sight of the central truths about clinical depression: that the causes are often inscrutable, its persistence can be intractable, and temporary relief often leads only to recurrence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
Melania, the documentary about the First Lady, is a lot like its subject: extremely expensive and fundamentally inscrutable.
From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026
Pegula described the inscrutable Rybakina as "cool as a cucumber".
From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026
The others watched the next fight—Muzzen avidly, flexing his fingers and speculating on the outcome, Inej silent and still as a statue, Kaz inscrutable as always, scheming away behind that hideous mask.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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