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or obscurantic
as in shadowy
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Adjective
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Both are elite operatives able to charm their way into a room full of guards or kick their way out of one, and both are linked to a shadowy organization powerful enough to shape world events.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Aug. 2025 -
Plastic Beauty is set in the glamorous and shadowy world of plastic surgery, and follows Matsuoka as Fumi Numata, a gifted surgeon whose circumstances push her to shift from general surgery to aesthetics.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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And somehow that memory — faint and indistinct — might surpass anything Tim Burton might have been able to craft.—
Rance Collins,
IndieWire,
14 July 2025
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But even that latter monster showed only a shimmering red blob of a planet with shifting, indistinct imagery.—
Rod Pyle,
Space.com,
14 July 2025
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Because for now, the Patriots’ future is foggy except for two truths.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
16 Aug. 2025
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You’re supposed to be the steady hand on the wheel, even when the road ahead is foggy.—
David Ko,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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That memory was hazy, half-lost–until a family photo album resurfaced decades later.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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The near-surface smoke could dissipate by then, while the sky might still be hazy.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Meanwhile, ancient castles rise from misty riverbanks—like Trim and Kilkenny—as woolly sheep graze across emerald pastures.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The Alishan Forest Railway is one of the most unique ways to see Taiwan, and offers a scenic, nostalgic ride through misty mountains.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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There have been studies done that show some randomness to red-zone success — or that year-to-year correlation is pretty faint.—
Sam McDowell
August 6,
Kansas City Star,
6 Aug. 2025
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Monday's haze, while less dramatic, still obscured visibility and left a faint scent of smoke lingering in the air.—
Hannah Parry
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Despite being a protective measure, the experience is often indistinguishable from punitive isolation.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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WarGames and The Matrix, each in its own quite different way, follow the classic dictum that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.—
Jeremy Dauber,
HollywoodReporter,
31 July 2025
Adjective
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Officials recommend that volunteers wear closed-toe shoes and clothes that can get muddy, the release said.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
31 July 2025
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While the handful of '90s Virtual Boy developers did their best under this limitation, the hardware's red-on-black graphics have aged even worse than the often muddy grayscale found on the original Game Boy.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 July 2025
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“Obscurant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obscurant. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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