obscure
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Hedge fund managers are famed for their complex bets on obscure assets.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
He charms the staff with his knowledge of these obscure machines – pointing out the bellows that power a church organ, and the pneumatic underpinnings of a piano roll player.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
Feinzig, who represented the couple targeted by Uthmeier, told me she worries that their particular circumstances may obscure the broader ramifications of the attorney general’s arguments.
From Slate • May 13, 2026
These were the first 10 posts, and there was nothing here that was particularly obscure, nor was there any kind of thread of continuity that seemed obvious.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
It was all dim and obscure in his mind, the gebbeth, the burning staff, the running, the whispering, the gate.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing obscure
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