esoteric

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JD Vance converted to Catholicism in 2019, during a time when he was being heavily bankrolled by esoteric Catholic billionaire Peter Thiel.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

Pettit and his team identified particular opportunities in more esoteric niche strategy ETFs, core bond and equity portfolios and specialized themes such as dividend investing.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Banks was only 21 when they released “Nursery Cryme,” a haunting LP that combines the melodrama of post-romantic classical with esoteric folk-rock.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

At one weekend session, “Evolving RL-Based Reasoning Data in LLMs,” a startup founder who specialized in that esoteric area of research asked a reporter why they were at such a boring talk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025

One argument mathematicians cite for not writing for a larger audience is the esoteric nature of their work.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos