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Edward Nigma (E. Nigma, or enigma) is the alter ego of which comic book supervillain?

enigma

[uh-nig-muh] / əˈnɪg mə /


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The surge in artificial intelligence and the heated debate around its risks have made Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei the most visible tech leader -- though the 43-year-old remains an enigma.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

For many Americans, the price of prescription drugs is an enigma.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

Florian Wirtz arrived at Liverpool from Bayer Leverkusen last summer amid great fanfare in a then-British record £116m deal - but remained an enigma as he fell far short of expectations.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

At one point, Justice Samuel Alito, echoing Winston Churchill, described the key, five-word provision of the 14th Amendment as “a puzzle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a mystery.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

I knew loads about Jesse—he loved baths but hated hot tubs, he listened to self-important indie music, cologne made his eyes puffy, he never washed his jeans—but Diego was an enigma.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

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

She’s a symbol of how gratifying it can be to expand your horizons, to use your brain and to make sense of life’s many enigmas, all wrapped up in one invariably chic package.

From Salon ● Jan. 18, 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

Many of the enigmas of life, which had hitherto puzzled and distressed me, were now explained; everything seemed to revive around me, and the object and interest of my life were entirely changed.

From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.




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