Thesaurus / cryptic
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Neon’s somewhat cryptic demos showed off virtual, AI-powered avatars that were surprisingly convincing and conversational.
CES TRENDS TO LOOK OUT FOR AT THIS YEAR’S VIRTUAL CONFERENCESTAN HORACZEKJANUARY 6, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCESome people write love letters, some try to fool others into thinking they’re actually traveling, and some send cryptic messages anonymously.
NOT GETTING ANY TRAVEL POSTCARDS? A PROJECT IN MALI DELIVERS DELIGHT — AND A LIFELINE.BAILEY BERGDECEMBER 3, 2020WASHINGTON POSTSearch engines can intuit what you’re looking for from a few cryptic keywords.
DATA SCIENTISTS ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE INTERNET ACCESSIBLE IN EVERY LANGUAGENICOLÁS RIVEROOCTOBER 25, 2020QUARTZThe cryptic message was accompanied by a change to Abovitz’s Twitter bio referencing something called Project Phoenix.
MAGIC LEAP TRIED TO CREATE AN ALTERNATE REALITY. ITS FOUNDER WAS ALREADY IN ONEVERNE KOPYTOFFSEPTEMBER 26, 2020FORTUNEAfter two weeks of nearly daily posts, he retired the project with one final, cryptic, self-written message.
A COLLEGE KID’S FAKE, AI-GENERATED BLOG FOOLED TENS OF THOUSANDS. THIS IS HOW HE MADE IT.KAREN HAOAUGUST 14, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWWith that cryptic message she ran back to the door, which was immediately slammed behind her.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYThis query is no doubt a very correct and moral one, but it seems somewhat cryptic.
THE PORTSMOUTH ROAD AND ITS TRIBUTARIESCHARLES G. HARPERHe does not say cryptic things or babble trivialities in the name of the mighty Dead—the mighty Damned or the mighty Blest.
THE AFFABLE STRANGERPETER MCARTHURAt the most he would fling out some cryptic hint, bestow some malediction upon life in general.
THE HIDDEN PLACESBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRThere were a few cryptic cautionary references to heightened physico-psychological effects.
HUNTER PATROLHENRY BEAM PIPER AND JOHN J. MCGUIREWORDS RELATED TO CRYPTIC
- Delphian
- ambiguous
- anticipating
- apocalyptic
- arcane
- auguring
- auspicious
- authoritative
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- cryptic
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- fatidic
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- forecasting
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- sage
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- sibylline
- significant
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- vague
- vatic
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- wise
- at issue
- borderline
- chancy
- clear as dishwater
- clouded
- cryptic
- doubtful
- dubious
- dubitable
- enigmatic
- enigmatical
- equivocal
- in doubt
- in question
- inconclusive
- indecisive
- indefinite
- indeterminate
- inexplicit
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- problematic
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- questionable
- tenebrous
- uncertain
- unclear
- unintelligible
- unsure
- vague
- ambiguous
- apocryphal
- arguable
- contingent
- controversial
- controvertible
- cryptic
- debatable
- disputable
- dubious
- dubitable
- enigmatic
- equivocal
- fishy
- hard to believe
- hypothetical
- iffy
- indecisive
- indefinite
- indeterminate
- moot
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- occult
- open to doubt
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- oracular
- paradoxical
- problematic
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- provisional
- shady
- suspect
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- unconfirmed
- undefined
- under advisement
- under examination
- unproven
- unreliable
- unsettled
- vague
- backdoor
- backstairs
- camouflaged
- classified
- close
- confidential
- covert
- cryptic
- discreet
- disguised
- dissembled
- dissimulated
- furtive
- hush-hush
- in ambush
- incognito
- inside
- restricted
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- sly
- sneak
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- sub-rosa
- surreptitious
- top-secret
- unacknowledged
- under false pretense
- under-the-table
- underhanded
- abrupt
- aphoristic
- boiled down
- breviloquent
- brusque
- clear-cut
- clipped
- close
- compact
- compendiary
- compendious
- concise
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- crisp
- cryptic
- curt
- cut to the bone
- elliptical
- epigrammatic
- exact
- gnomic
- in a nutshell
- incisive
- laconic
- lean
- neat
- pithy
- pointed
- precise
- sententious
- short and sweet
- snappy
- succinct
- summary
- taut
- to the point
- trenchant
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