1
as in to obscure
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
the diner's dark interior, clouded with smoke and grease
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2
as in to confuse
to make (something) unclear to the understanding
cloud the issue with obscure statistics
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Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 15 Aug. 2024
Iris Energy expects to generate up to $17 million in annual revenue from its AI cloud services.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2024
Susan Baek, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2024
But things start to spiral out of control, in this campus novel that looks at what happens when money and desire clouds our judgment.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 19 July 2024
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Noun
Zoom in: Google established the Dallas cloud region in 2022 after building its first data center on a 375-acre site in Midlothian in 2019.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 15 Aug. 2024
Iris Energy expects to generate up to $17 million in annual revenue from its AI cloud services.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2024
Verb
These innovations have posed a difficult question: Is technology clouding our ability to recognize significant human achievement?
—Susan Baek, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2024
But things start to spiral out of control, in this campus novel that looks at what happens when money and desire clouds our judgment.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 19 July 2024
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“Cloud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloud. Accessed 3 Oct. 2024.
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