arcane
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Social media is awash in content about the arcane: how-tos for spellcasting, psychics claiming to foretell the future and endless posts about casting out demons.
From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026
It may be an arcane discussion to most people, but the real-world implications of overhauling the Fed’s models are vast, and could shape monetary policy for years to come.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
It’s been a crash course for him, he said, on the often arcane laws that govern who gets to stay in America and who doesn’t.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026
The controversy is about an arcane technical maneuver in which high-speed traders bombard Frankfurt-based Eurex with useless data.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
By now the reader will not be surprised to learn that an apparently arcane debate about the distant past could become vehemently personal.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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