arcane

Example Sentences

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The first winner is likely to be British chip designer Arm Holdings, which has only a fraction of its stock public, but had its weight limited by arcane rules about its ADRs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 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

The problem, apart from perennial budget pressures, is that interest in election mechanics — a technical and arcane subject if ever there was one — is episodic and fleeting.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

Maybe that is true for the 500 biggest U.S. stocks but less so for a relatively arcane and less-researched sector such as BDCs.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

But as the largely self-educated son of a Kentucky farmer, he wasn’t able to tap into the knowingly arcane by-ways of classical history with which his predecessors were able to signal their patrician credentials.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith