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mystification

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


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This innovation was greeted with awe, if not mystification, by audiences at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

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

From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2025

Vitali’s grown children speak with a mix of understanding and mystification at how completely their father devoted himself to another person, sometimes at the expense of being fully present in their lives.

From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2024

Telling Mom to take a hike is “so tough”; I don’t share your mystification.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 16, 2023

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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