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Recent Examples of recondite Other efforts required more recondite statistical analysis. Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023 Pierre Boulez — like Bernstein, a composer, though in a more recondite modernist mode — innovated with repertory mixtures and concert formats. Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023 After describing the mummification process in recondite detail—not only why the brain was removed through the nose but how exactly natron dried out the rest of the body—the child drew an elaborate cartouche with the hieroglyphs used to spell my name. Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2022 Not to suggest that this is merely a specialist and recondite affair: Bessel van der Kolk, whose psychiatric work with trauma victims is predicated on the idea that neuroimaging can identify an objective physiological correlate to psychic distress, is one such semi-hard scientist. Will Self, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021 See All Example Sentences for recondite
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Adjective
  • Everyone knows Gaudí’s architecture; his furniture is a more esoteric thing.
    Anthony Paletta, Curbed, 20 May 2025
  • His tastes ebbed and flowed between aggressive music and more esoteric tastes, as his collaborators came to range from Richard Thompson to Hal Willner, whose tribute to Federico Fellini and Nino Rota included contributions from Thomas, as did a collection of sea shanties.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Strategies For Leaders If deployed wisely, AI could lead to a profound advancement in how public agencies operate and serve their citizens equitably, effectively and sustainably.
    Darshan Tiwari, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
  • Those attacks have profound implications not only for Americans’ health, but on pocketbook issues and the U.S. economy generally.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025

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“Recondite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recondite. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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