Example Sentences

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It was a niche Petrou dominated with her encyclopedic knowledge and astonishing facility with banking-world arcana.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

The point is that they aren’t arcana that’s only known to the most devoted of Boss fans, so the dissonance between what the audience knows and what they’re being told will have an impact.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2025

Among the ultra-blessed 22 cards in the tarot’s major arcana — that is, the cards that have the power to shift the narrative of destiny — we find “The World.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2024

The rules of the House are a thicket of complexity and arcana that I won’t enter.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2023

I use my arcana to call the Belle-roses in the teapot back to their younger forms.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton