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Yet, only when we understand how it works—and that is still a mystery—will we be able to tune its behavior and start developing it into a technology.

The most challenging part was getting all those edge cases right, particularly when there were repeated letters in one of your guesses or in the mystery word itself.

The identity and social standing of the mud-wrapped individual remains a mystery.

Volunteering to take a mystery shot for science can definitely give parents and teens pause.

Much of shorting’s mystery comes from its complicated mechanics.

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But the real mystery and injustice came from Brooke being essentially written out of the history of the civil rights movement.

The fate of AirAsia Flight 8501 and the 162 souls on board is a tragedy, but it will not remain a mystery for much longer.

So far, the mystery man in the morgue has not been identified, and neither has Mr. Douli.

Due to the video lacking audio, what they were fighting about remains a mystery—“was Jay cheating?”

But his motives for shooting John Paul II have remained a mystery shrouded in multiple conspiracy theories.

Here began indeed, in the drab surroundings of the workshop, in the silent mystery of the laboratory, the magic of the new age.

The beauty, the mystery,—this fierce sunshine or something—stir——' She hesitated for a fraction of a second.

The sudden pall of darkness in this strange house of mystery was just a tiny bit awesome.

He professed both to abominate and despise all mystery, refinement, and intrigue, either in a prince or a minister.

At last the report of several rifles from the island of trees gave us a clue to the mystery.

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On this page you'll find 64 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to mystery, such as: conundrum, enigma, problem, question, riddle, and secrecy.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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