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conundrum

[kuh-nuhn-druhm] / kəˈnʌn drəm /


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If we had no taxes, this would raise an obvious conundrum: How would we pay for government?

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

A broader conundrum is whether the Office of the High Representative itself has a future and, if not, where that would leave Bosnia.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

The real conundrum for Pakistan's economy has always been finding drivers for GDP growth, and that challenge remains.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

Another conundrum involves the disappearance of a swimming instructor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

But the real conundrum that heredity solves is much more general: What is the nature of instruction that allows an organism to build a nose—any nose—in the first place?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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