mystification
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Spending £8m on the unproven Chermiti from Everton is still a source of mystification.
From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025
Nonetheless, the questions the audience asked betrayed a “Where’s the art?” kind of mystification.
From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2022
Its enjoyment lies less in the story, but in the marvelous mystification of its telling.
From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2021
Amid the wreckage, the artist is liberated from the mystification of “great art.”
From Slate • Oct. 17, 2020
The chaplain was shocked by his bellicose words and tone and, to his own amazement and mystification, deeply chagrined that they were turning him loose.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing mystification
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher
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Vocabulary from Readings 2, Unit 5
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