mystification
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This innovation was greeted with awe, if not mystification, by audiences at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Vitali’s grown children speak with a mix of understanding and mystification at how completely their father devoted himself to another person, sometimes at the expense of being fully present in their lives.
From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2024
You could hear the searching in his voice, the mystification over where all the fairy dust went from his swing.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 19, 2021
Here Aucoin, as though fishing in the same Rhine as Wagner did, creates a sense of wonderment and mystification.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2020
“What’s this?” cried McWatt, staring in mystification at the ripped half of his bedsheet.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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Vocabulary from Readings 2, Unit 5
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