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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Recent Examples of cloud
Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2025
Google, Microsoft and Amazon have various AI applications in their business and cloud services suites.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
In minutes, smoke would cloud the Terraces at Park Marino, home to Sutherland and Tanner, as the fire barreled down.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Maximum daily temperatures are forecast to reach 83 degrees daily through Sunday, with scarcely any clouds nor a chance of rain in the forecast, according to the National Weather Service in Melbourne.
—Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2025
Google, Microsoft and Amazon have various AI applications in their business and cloud services suites.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
Verb
Although the Chiefs won 23-14 and moved on to the AFC Championship match against the Buffalo Bills tomorrow, their victory has been clouded by accusations that the NFL referees in the game were blatantly favoring Mahomes.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
In minutes, smoke would cloud the Terraces at Park Marino, home to Sutherland and Tanner, as the fire barreled down.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloud
Noun
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At a Kansas City Super Bowl parade last year, a shootout stemming from a personal grievance left a woman dead, wounded about two dozen others and cast a pall on what had been a celebratory day.—
Jason Morris,
CNN,
6 Feb. 2025
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News of a federal inquiry into Mizuhara's possible links to gamblers cast a pall on Dodgers' 2024 opening games, played in Seoul.—
David K. Li,
NBC News,
6 Feb. 2025
Verb
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But failure to directly deny allegations of fascism is a common strategy used by far-right and radical conservative movements seeking to obscure deeper links to extremist groups to avoid public backlash.—
Matthew Kriner,
The Conversation,
3 Feb. 2025
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At kick-off time, the pitch was obscured by smoke, the result of dozens of flares let off in the Tribune Est of the Stade de Roudourou.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
The Athletic,
30 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The employee recounted how the customer, seemingly annoyed, gestured under his chin in a manner that initially confused her.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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Activists on college campuses have confused the ability to occupy and disrupt physical space for the right to dissent verbally.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2025
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Listen to this article On Tuesday morning, patchy and dense fog returned in several counties.—
Garfield Hylton,
Orlando Sentinel,
11 Feb. 2025
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The weather service warned Saturday that dense fog near airports in Louisiana may complicate arrivals for fans traveling to New Orleans for Sunday’s game.—
Artemis Moshtaghian,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Daigle, 33, has cultivated a decade-long career blurring the lines between Christian and pop music.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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This is especially true with Venus conjunct Neptune in Pisces illuminating your seventh house of relationships and significant others because in addition to emphasizing your romantic ideals and dreams, this mystical synergy could blur the lines between fantasy and reality.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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But instead of sounding the alarm, defendants went out of their way to becloud the emerging scientific consensus.—
Edward Fitzpatrick,
BostonGlobe.com,
7 Aug. 2019
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His flacks and surrogates hand out scraps of information grudgingly, infrequently, and beclouded by fragrant eructations of doublespeak.—
Charles Seife,
Slate Magazine,
1 Mar. 2017
Noun
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This effect happens because Earth's atmosphere scatters shorter wavelengths of light from the sun while allowing longer wavelengths of red and orange hues to be refracted into Earth's umbra (the darkest part of Earth's shadow).—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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Sam attempts to define his version of Captain America, while fighting to exonerate his friend, all while Samuel Sterns (Tim Blake Nelson) pulls the strings from the shadows — with the ultimate aim of revenge on Ross for broken promises.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
12 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Some smart glasses are as simple as electrochromic (automatically darkening) sunglasses.—
Simon Hill,
WIRED,
29 Jan. 2025
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Add tomato paste; cook, stirring often, until darkened in color, about 3 minutes.—
Craig Ruff,
Southern Living,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Cloud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloud. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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