as in mystery
something hard to understand or explain
the conundrum of how an ancient people were able to build such massive structures without the benefit of today's knowledge and technology
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This is another major conundrum scientists are still trying to fully penetrate.
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Victoria Corless, Space.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Paramount Global, also confronting the linear conundrum and also its own merger saga with Skydance Media, slid 29% for the year.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2024
In turn, changing to a wing-back formation means a third central defender, providing a neat solution to the Mings/Torres conundrum.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
Some actually come up with resolutions, while many of the big talkers do not (the proverbial all-talk no-action conundrum).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Victoria Corless, Space.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Paramount Global, also confronting the linear conundrum and also its own merger saga with Skydance Media, slid 29% for the year.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2024
In turn, changing to a wing-back formation means a third central defender, providing a neat solution to the Mings/Torres conundrum.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
Some actually come up with resolutions, while many of the big talkers do not (the proverbial all-talk no-action conundrum).
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Conundrum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conundrum. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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