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conundrum

[kuh-nuhn-druhm] / kəˈnʌn drəm /


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Mr. Warsh’s answer to this conundrum is more comprehensive than often assumed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Perhaps the biggest conundrum the head coach has been left with after this camp is up front.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

"Until recently, while stellar rotation was thought to be part of solving this conundrum, limited computing abilities prevented us from quantitatively testing the hypothesis," says Falk Herwig, principal investigator and director of ARC.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

The upside risks from oil prices only adds to that conundrum.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

But the real conundrum that heredity solves is much more general: What is the nature of instruction that allows an organism to build a nose—any nose—in the first place?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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