recondite

Example Sentences

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The wisdom-of-crowds argument presupposes that the masses possess some recondite knowledge that can be unlocked by allowing individuals to express themselves as part of an anonymous mob.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Today, a number of doyens in the recondite field of AI admit they don’t know where all this is headed.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2023

The five-foot deepening involved not some recondite engineering challenge; essentially it required moving muck.

From Washington Post • Jun. 15, 2022

Muldoon’s own work is witty, full of wordplay, often recondite.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2021

By various recondite processes, he converted the urine first into a noxious paste and then into a translucent warty substance.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson