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mystification

[mis-tuh-fi-key-shuhn] / ˌmɪs tə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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Spending £8m on the unproven Chermiti from Everton is still a source of mystification.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

There’s a sort of indifference that turns into mystification that turns into sadness around that.

From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2022

You could hear the searching in his voice, the mystification over where all the fairy dust went from his swing.

From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2021

I am very aware of the fact that judges rely on a certain amount of blind reverence and mystification in order to preserve public legitimacy.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2020

Pilar Ternera was the one who contributed most to popularize that mystification when she conceived the trick of reading the past in cards as she had read the future before.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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