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mystery

[mis-tuh-ree, -tree] / ˈmɪs tə ri, -tri /


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Despite its ubiquity in our machines and in the news, artificial intelligence remains both a mystery and a source of deep anxiety across occupations and generations.

From Los Angeles Times

Why it took them two defeats to realise that will remain a mystery.

From BBC

"Armed with this new technique, we can unravel mysteries about dinosaur evolution that used to be insurmountable."

From Science Daily

It launched police on a new hunt, this time for the mystery poster.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dorothy, in Ms. Benedict’s telling, feels slighted by her male colleagues in London’s Detection Club, a real-life group of British mystery writers.

From The Wall Street Journal