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abstruse

[ab-stroos] / æbˈstrus /


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The tax applies to town houses worth more than $5 million, as well as condos and co-ops valued at more than $1 million, according to the city government’s abstruse methodology—and rates are steep.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

That might sound like an abstruse philosophical argument, but he says it's a hot debate within the scientific community.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2025

The members kept peppering Daszak with questions about abstruse matters of science and the grant-making process, only to rudely cut him off when he tried to respond.

From Los Angeles Times May 2, 2024

The particle is part of a concept called the Higgs mechanism that was added to the standard model in the 1970s to explain an abstruse but important puzzle.

From Science Magazine Mar. 27, 2024

Unable to decipher the abstruse writing, I shook my head.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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