esoteric

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“History is more than just an esoteric search for facts; it involves a living community and its common memory.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

My question was, admittedly, a bit esoteric and although I had to nudge the agent ever so slightly, I managed to get my answer pretty quickly, nonetheless.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026

The Druze are followers of an esoteric religion that split from Shiite Islam centuries ago.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

He introduced her to the teachings of George Gurdjieff, the esoteric spiritual teacher who took Western intellectual circles by storm in the 1920s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

More to the point, rich people were typically not invited to buy and sell esoteric securities, such as credit default swaps, not traded on open exchanges.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis