as in mystery
something hard to understand or explain
the conundrum of how an ancient people were able to build such massive structures without the benefit of today's knowledge and technology
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This last conundrum — the survival of consciousness after death — continues to be at the forefront of the division’s research.
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Saskia Solomon, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Greer faces a conundrum similar to that facing Trump’s Treasury pick, Scott Bessent.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 30 Dec. 2024
What will be needed to finally solve this conundrum?
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
But the second season seems to pull back from such bleakness, losing itself in abstract ethical conundrums and rote emotional ones.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
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Saskia Solomon, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Greer faces a conundrum similar to that facing Trump’s Treasury pick, Scott Bessent.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 30 Dec. 2024
What will be needed to finally solve this conundrum?
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
But the second season seems to pull back from such bleakness, losing itself in abstract ethical conundrums and rote emotional ones.
—Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Conundrum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conundrum. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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