smoggier; smoggiest
: characterized by or abounding in smog
a smoggy haze
smoggy freeways
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it was hard to see through the smoggy afternoon sky
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The district has issued 10 of those in 2024, and the thickness of the high pressure created at least a chance that Wednesday may be smoggy, too.
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Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
In the images, my retinas were smoggy yellow orbs, threaded with red veins like the spindly branches of dead trees.
—Katie Gutierrez, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
Air quality in many of China’s famously smoggy cities has improved measurably.
—Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2018
One is an orbiter, looking for the best places to find life on Titan in greater detail than before, while the other would place an actual drone into Titan’s atmosphere to explore the smoggy world.
—John Wenz, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2017
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Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
In the images, my retinas were smoggy yellow orbs, threaded with red veins like the spindly branches of dead trees.
—Katie Gutierrez, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
Air quality in many of China’s famously smoggy cities has improved measurably.
—Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2018
One is an orbiter, looking for the best places to find life on Titan in greater detail than before, while the other would place an actual drone into Titan’s atmosphere to explore the smoggy world.
—John Wenz, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2017
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“Smoggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smoggy. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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