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inscrutable

[in-skroo-tuh-buhl] / ɪnˈskru tə bəl /


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Telecasts became crowded with inscrutable advanced metrics and probabilities.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

Melania, the documentary about the First Lady, is a lot like its subject: extremely expensive and fundamentally inscrutable.

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026

Though the diary entry concedes that Mansfield was “so intelligent & inscrutable that she repays friendship,” the two women wouldn’t become friends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Pegula described the inscrutable Rybakina as "cool as a cucumber".

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

It was as beautiful and inscrutable, she thought, as he was.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo




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