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Noun
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What’s hardest to shake, though, is the ambiguity with which The Dark Wizard approaches the idea of cruelty as a key to success.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
7 May 2026 -
There was, however, no ambiguity at the Russia Pavilion.—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
6 May 2026
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Comcast’s cable broadband does not rank well in customer-satisfaction surveys; the company’s own executives have admitted to the complexity and opacity of its residential plans.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
22 Apr. 2026
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The filings in the weeks since the election have cut through some of that opacity and shown AIPAC’s allies’ leading role in a surge of outside Congressional primary spending that reached an unprecedented level this cycle.—
Dan Petrella,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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The Cubs did not officially make a roster move to add Riley to their active roster because of the murkiness of whether the game would be played.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Mahan and Villaraigosa are the only two Democrats who have publicly called to roll back regulations on the state’s oil and gas market, illustrating the political murkiness at the nexus of California’s climate and affordability challenges.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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The list, last compiled in 2021, draws attention to historic buildings that face the risk of demolition or falling into obscurity.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
4 May 2026
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The white whale may drag him into the abyss, and Melville may have gone to his grave in semi-obscurity, but neither will stay dead.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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“Obscureness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obscureness. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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