as in vague
not seen or understood clearly
a blurry image in the foreground of the photograph
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Recent Examples of blurry
Use a heavy hand for more opacity, and trace lightly for a blurry finish.
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Annie Blackman, Allure, 26 Mar. 2025
Chronic inflammation from PsA can cause: Uveitis: PsA inflammation can affect the uvea (the middle of your eye), causing redness, pain, and blurry vision.
—Sarah Bradley, Health, 6 Apr. 2025
According to the National Eye Institute, AMD occurs when aging causes damage to the macula, which controls sharp, straight-ahead vision, making one's central vision blurry.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
This clouding of the eye's natural lens causes blurry vision.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 28 Mar. 2025
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Annie Blackman, Allure, 26 Mar. 2025
Chronic inflammation from PsA can cause: Uveitis: PsA inflammation can affect the uvea (the middle of your eye), causing redness, pain, and blurry vision.
—Sarah Bradley, Health, 6 Apr. 2025
According to the National Eye Institute, AMD occurs when aging causes damage to the macula, which controls sharp, straight-ahead vision, making one's central vision blurry.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
This clouding of the eye's natural lens causes blurry vision.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blurry
Adjective
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Instead of vague goals, such as align with human values, researchers and developers can talk about specific contexts and roles for AI more clearly.—
Aidan Kierans,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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In fact, those professions grew because the accountant must also talk to clients, ask them questions, make judgement calls about sometimes vague tax code interpretations and execute numerous other judgements on a daily basis.—
Ismail Amla,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The Oscar nominee's glam included a soft-bronzed makeup look, with a faint pink blush and a light mauve lipstick.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The Accountant 2, arriving this week some eight long years after the original, does not earn even that faintest of praise.—
A.A. Dowd,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2025
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The reasons for her travels—whether to marry a man at her father’s behest or to undertake a pilgrimage to Rome—are hazy.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
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The details of the bet have become hazy in the intervening 35 years.—
Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Blurry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blurry. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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