enigma
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For many Americans, the price of prescription drugs is an enigma.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
I have now spoken to more patients and doctors about why this condition remains such an enigma.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
Most of my book is devoted to trying to sort out this political enigma, and how the movement and its consequences might be understood.
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026
Dolls, masks, impenetrable shadows: a conjured enigma, all typical Meatyard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026
With him he spoke of chemistry and the enigma of the universe.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
It pitted the “unfledged, unarmed chemist” on one side, while “on the other side, responding with enigmas, stood Matter.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Despite decades of study, dark energy remains one of science's most puzzling enigmas.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2025
Not that he necessarily wants those enigmas solved: “I want there to be some mystery left in the world.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025
“Severance” amplifies its intrigue without falling into the second-season trap of making key enigmas inscrutable or boring, a trap too many puzzle-box shows tumble into when challenged to top their triumphant first seasons.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2025
Enig′matist, one who enigmatises; Enigmatog′raphy, science of enigmas and their solution.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
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