cryptic
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These cryptic posts are meant to skirt secrecy rules, since officials’ names and résumés generally aren’t considered sensitive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
There have been cryptic and conflicting messages on the project's location for months, with Tanzania and the Kenyan port of Mombasa also mooted.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
Plus, General Mills rallies and Warsh stays cryptic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
In an interview after leaving office, Greenspan admitted that he had been deliberately cryptic in his public statements in order to discourage market players from trading on his remarks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
There are already cryptic advertisements in the Personal columns of literary magazines, urging the purchase of electronic headsets for the training and regulation of one’s own brain waves, according to one’s taste.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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