Conundrum
noun
A difficult problem or puzzle that is hard to solve.
Life itself is a conundrum from birth to death.
noun
A question asked for amusement, often a pun or play with words.
He is always full of conundrums and other mind games to keep us thinking.
noun
A difficult problem or puzzle that is hard to solve.
Life itself is a conundrum from birth to death.
noun
A question asked for amusement, often a pun or play with words.
He is always full of conundrums and other mind games to keep us thinking.
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Pro Tip 1/3Complex Dilemma
Use 'conundrum' for situations that seem unsolvable or very complicated.
Navigating the city's traffic has become a real conundrum.
Pro Tip 2/3Intellectual Challenge
A 'conundrum' often involves intellectual effort to deal with, more than physical action.
The philosophical conundrum kept the students in a fierce debate.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
Although difficult, a 'conundrum' doesn't always imply a negative outcome or frustration.
Solving the conundrum of the missing key was actually quite rewarding.
Pro Tip 1/3Complex Dilemma
Use 'conundrum' for situations that seem unsolvable or very complicated.
Navigating the city's traffic has become a real conundrum.
Pro Tip 2/3Intellectual Challenge
A 'conundrum' often involves intellectual effort to deal with, more than physical action.
The philosophical conundrum kept the students in a fierce debate.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
Although difficult, a 'conundrum' doesn't always imply a negative outcome or frustration.
Solving the conundrum of the missing key was actually quite rewarding.
Pro Tip 1/3Complex Dilemma
Use 'conundrum' for situations that seem unsolvable or very complicated.
Navigating the city's traffic has become a real conundrum.
Pro Tip 2/3Intellectual Challenge
A 'conundrum' often involves intellectual effort to deal with, more than physical action.
The philosophical conundrum kept the students in a fierce debate.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Negative
Although difficult, a 'conundrum' doesn't always imply a negative outcome or frustration.
Solving the conundrum of the missing key was actually quite rewarding.
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What makes us get sick?...
matters, and the ability to do something about it in the systems in which we work. This is a huge problem right now, because it leads them to this next question, which is, whose responsibility is it? And that brings me to that third point, that third answer to Veronica's compelling question. Part of the reason that we have this conundrum
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The design of the...
more galaxies than stars, which is kind of a conundrum. So the question should come to your mind is, what kind of design, you know, what kind of creative process and what kind of design produced the world like that? And then I'm going to show you it's actually a lot more complicated. We're going to try and follow it up.
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Elizabeth Pisani: Sex,...
It means we need to be doing more prevention the more treatment we have. Is that what's happening? No, and I call it the "compassion conundrum." We've talked a lot about compassion the last couple of days, and what's happening really is that people are unable quite to bring themselves to put in
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Emma Marris: Are wild...
to the marine world as well. And in the book, I talk about, you know, what can we do for wild animals? And honestly, one of the biggest things we can do is try to address climate change and habitat destruction. That's really the biggie, because then we'd have fewer of these confusing conundrums
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The next step in...
I'd have to arrange billions of them just to make one single computer chip. It's that same conundrum, it's like this undying problem. At this point, we said, "Let's just stop. Let's not go down that same road. Let's just figure out what's missing. What are we not dealing with?
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An algorithm for happily...
sure all of you can think of friends who are intelligent grown adults who seem to lose all capacity for reason when it comes to their love life and so it can happen to the best of us it leaves us with a conundrum on the one hand falling in love is one of the best experiences
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When to use apostrophes...
not a hard and fast grammar rule. It's a conundrum without a simple answer. Professional writers solve this problem by learning what's considered correct for a publication, and doing that. The important thing is to pick one style
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What everyday citizens...
But that mood is changing, and I'm starting to see many leaders say, "Help us out." But here lies the conundrum. Who is going to help those leaders do the right thing? So who is going to help them?
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Jackal vs. Ostrich Eggs...
egg and a hungry jackal means to make a meal out of it what we've got here is a highly motivated animal trying and failing to figure out this culinary conundrum it's
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The Missing Years of...
it is one of the world's great mysteries a biblical conundrum that has baffled
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What makes us get sick?...
matters, and the ability to do something about it in the systems in which we work. This is a huge problem right now, because it leads them to this next question, which is, whose responsibility is it? And that brings me to that third point, that third answer to Veronica's compelling question. Part of the reason that we have this conundrum
Video examples
The design of the...
more galaxies than stars, which is kind of a conundrum. So the question should come to your mind is, what kind of design, you know, what kind of creative process and what kind of design produced the world like that? And then I'm going to show you it's actually a lot more complicated. We're going to try and follow it up.
Video examples
Elizabeth Pisani: Sex,...
It means we need to be doing more prevention the more treatment we have. Is that what's happening? No, and I call it the "compassion conundrum." We've talked a lot about compassion the last couple of days, and what's happening really is that people are unable quite to bring themselves to put in
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Emma Marris: Are wild...
to the marine world as well. And in the book, I talk about, you know, what can we do for wild animals? And honestly, one of the biggest things we can do is try to address climate change and habitat destruction. That's really the biggie, because then we'd have fewer of these confusing conundrums
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The next step in...
I'd have to arrange billions of them just to make one single computer chip. It's that same conundrum, it's like this undying problem. At this point, we said, "Let's just stop. Let's not go down that same road. Let's just figure out what's missing. What are we not dealing with?
Video examples
An algorithm for happily...
sure all of you can think of friends who are intelligent grown adults who seem to lose all capacity for reason when it comes to their love life and so it can happen to the best of us it leaves us with a conundrum on the one hand falling in love is one of the best experiences
Video examples
When to use apostrophes...
not a hard and fast grammar rule. It's a conundrum without a simple answer. Professional writers solve this problem by learning what's considered correct for a publication, and doing that. The important thing is to pick one style
Video examples
What everyday citizens...
But that mood is changing, and I'm starting to see many leaders say, "Help us out." But here lies the conundrum. Who is going to help those leaders do the right thing? So who is going to help them?
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Jackal vs. Ostrich Eggs...
egg and a hungry jackal means to make a meal out of it what we've got here is a highly motivated animal trying and failing to figure out this culinary conundrum it's
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The Missing Years of...
it is one of the world's great mysteries a biblical conundrum that has baffled
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Dylan McDermott
American Actor
As much as they deny it, I think people want to be scared. It's a phenomenon, why people want to be scared when there is so much violence and craziness in the world. People still really enjoy being scared. It's a conundrum to me. It's hard to explain. It's an unconscious thing, really, why people like that so much.
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Paul Guilfoyle
American Actor
I think everyone, all of us, are complicated people. We have jobs that require us to be a certain way. We all do. Unfortunately, our jobs overtake our personality, but that is the world. We live in a conundrum. You have to keep it together.
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Hassan Rouhani
Iranian Leader
In a climate where much of foreign policy is a direct function of domestic politics, focusing on what one doesn't want is an easy way out of difficult conundrums for many world leaders. Expressing what one does want requires more courage.
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Eddie Campbell
Scottish Artist
Dave Sim said in his latest thing of his, 'when you're on the right track, you'll know it, but until you get there, you have to believe you're on the right track'. Interesting little conundrum. It's not easy.
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Kevin Nealon
American Comedian
I feel guilty: when I'm not golfing, I feel like I should be golfing. And when I'm golfing, I feel like I should be home working or spending time with the family. So it's a real conundrum.
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Kari Skogland
I was interested in the human journey, the conundrum of when the right and wrong of both sides get murky. You have to make some very strong choices that you'll have to live with.
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Richard P. Feynman
American Physicist
I got a fancy reputation. During high school, every puzzle that was known to man must have come to me. Every damn, crazy conundrum that people had invented, I knew.
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Alex Hirsch
American Writer
Gravity Falls' is a riddle wrapped in an enigma tucked in a mystery deep-fried in a conundrum slathered in hickory-smoked puzzle sauce.
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Jeanette Winterson
British Novelist
One room is always enough for one person. Two rooms is not enough for two people. That is one of the conundrums in life.
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Bez
English Dancer
Life throws up these conundrums but you always come away having gained knowledge.
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Dylan McDermott
American Actor
As much as they deny it, I think people want to be scared. It's a phenomenon, why people want to be scared when there is so much violence and craziness in the world. People still really enjoy being scared. It's a conundrum to me. It's hard to explain. It's an unconscious thing, really, why people like that so much.
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Paul Guilfoyle
American Actor
I think everyone, all of us, are complicated people. We have jobs that require us to be a certain way. We all do. Unfortunately, our jobs overtake our personality, but that is the world. We live in a conundrum. You have to keep it together.
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Hassan Rouhani
Iranian Leader
In a climate where much of foreign policy is a direct function of domestic politics, focusing on what one doesn't want is an easy way out of difficult conundrums for many world leaders. Expressing what one does want requires more courage.
Quote examples
Eddie Campbell
Scottish Artist
Dave Sim said in his latest thing of his, 'when you're on the right track, you'll know it, but until you get there, you have to believe you're on the right track'. Interesting little conundrum. It's not easy.
Quote examples
Kevin Nealon
American Comedian
I feel guilty: when I'm not golfing, I feel like I should be golfing. And when I'm golfing, I feel like I should be home working or spending time with the family. So it's a real conundrum.
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Kari Skogland
I was interested in the human journey, the conundrum of when the right and wrong of both sides get murky. You have to make some very strong choices that you'll have to live with.
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Richard P. Feynman
American Physicist
I got a fancy reputation. During high school, every puzzle that was known to man must have come to me. Every damn, crazy conundrum that people had invented, I knew.
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Alex Hirsch
American Writer
Gravity Falls' is a riddle wrapped in an enigma tucked in a mystery deep-fried in a conundrum slathered in hickory-smoked puzzle sauce.
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Jeanette Winterson
British Novelist
One room is always enough for one person. Two rooms is not enough for two people. That is one of the conundrums in life.
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Bez
English Dancer
Life throws up these conundrums but you always come away having gained knowledge.
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