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  • noun Plural form of conundrum.

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Examples

  • But perhaps the most enduring of all the biomass conundrums is this one -- to burn wood or not to burn wood.

    Burning Wood May Do More Harm Than Good The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • But perhaps the most enduring of all the biomass conundrums is this one -- to burn wood or not to burn wood.

    Burning Wood May Do More Harm Than Good treehugger.com 2010

  • You were speaking to me a moment ago in conundrums, and you have aroused my curiosity to a most uncomfortable degree.

    Chapter XXI 1902

  • Unfortunately, as he details below, the government could also use its pistols in ways that do not tackle the long term conundrums facing the US and only kick the can down the road at the expensive of future taxpayers:

    GuruFocus Updates - 2010

  • a moment ago in conundrums, and have aroused my curiosity to a most uncomfortable degree.

    The Cruise of the "Dazzler" 1902

  • In the so-called "grand first part" there seemed to have been little that was flagrantly insulting to us, although in their exchange of conundrums, which is a peculiar feature of this form of entertainment, certain names were bandied about with a freedom that boded no good.

    Ruggles of Red Gap Harry Leon Wilson 1903

  • Also up there among the conundrums is the fact that Jones undeniably has a First Amendment right to burn books, holy or otherwise.

    JSOnline.com 2010

  • Harry Pierce, a graphic designer and partner at Pentagram, is an avid collector of a type of puzzle the English call conundrums, graphic representations of common phrases.

    Fast Company 2009

  • For Boyle, though, the themes go much deeper, representing the same kind of conundrums for middle-aged men that the original film did for twenty-somethings.

    Danny Boyle Says ‘Trainspotting’ Sequel Still A Few Years Away » MTV Movies Blog 2008

  • There are some other "conundrums" as well: for instance: T-bonds are advancing, while inflation protected bonds (TIP's) are advancing, and gold is advancing.

    Safehaven 2009

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