esoteric
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“They may be resigned to the fact that people are going to go to emerging platforms for more niche and esoteric programs,” Pedalino said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026
There are some other - rather esoteric - features of the new rules, about which drivers have complained, that should also be reduced.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
While rescue workers have exhausted themselves in cold water, the odyssey has also featured heated rifts between veterinarians and self-proclaimed "whale-whisperers", fundraising scams and esoteric attempts to heal the whale through chanting.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
“Lorne” frames Michaels as a caring but stoic presence, as tender as he is esoteric.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
We are, all four of us, blood relatives, and we speak a kind of esoteric, family language, a sort of semantic geometry in which the shortest distance between any two points is a fullish circle.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
Vocabulary lists containing esoteric
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