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as in ambiguous
having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning
somehow listeners seem to connect with the songwriter, despite his deeply personal, often opaque lyrics
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as in vague
not seen or understood clearly
an opaque remark that seemed to hint that there would be future retaliation
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as in dumb
not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily
people are sometimes rude to her, but fortunately she's too opaque to realize what's happening
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Recent Examples of opaque
The city has launched a new working group and pilot program intended to remove obstacles for those navigating what advocates call Chicago's disjointed, opaque, and piecemeal system to find affordable housing.
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Adam Harrington, CBS News, 20 May 2026
Their Drizzle finishing oil is made from early harvest olives and is perfect for salads, bread, pasta and more, while the opaque bottle helps keep oil fresh.
—Tory Johnson, ABC News, 18 May 2026
Faculty leaders criticized the process as opaque and politically driven, while students protested his conservative positions on LGBTQ+ issues and higher education.
—Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 18 May 2026
Meanwhile, Gabon’s President Brice Oligui Nguema criticized opaque mining arrangements that leave his country, the world’s second-largest manganese producer, with limited visibility over what foreign companies earn from its resources.
—Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 15 May 2026
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Adam Harrington, CBS News, 20 May 2026
Their Drizzle finishing oil is made from early harvest olives and is perfect for salads, bread, pasta and more, while the opaque bottle helps keep oil fresh.
—Tory Johnson, ABC News, 18 May 2026
Faculty leaders criticized the process as opaque and politically driven, while students protested his conservative positions on LGBTQ+ issues and higher education.
—Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 18 May 2026
Meanwhile, Gabon’s President Brice Oligui Nguema criticized opaque mining arrangements that leave his country, the world’s second-largest manganese producer, with limited visibility over what foreign companies earn from its resources.
—Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opaque
Adjective
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The entity known as Mother is left ambiguous, as is the tree inside the Cave of Wonders, but there are hints to their true nature.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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If a serious spending-reduction effort were somehow mounted anyway, the result would likely be positive for bonds — but ambiguous for equities, since the economic drag could easily outweigh the benefit of lower interest rates.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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Confusing or vague ones do not.—
Michael Gargiulo,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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Many tech industry associations have been lobbying against KOSA, saying its tenets are vague and potentially unconstitutional.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it.—
Jon Root OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2026
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Pete Crow-Armstrong is young, but not dumb.—
Jon Greenberg,
New York Times,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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There were cryptic billboards for the film and a campaign to get texts from the obsessive girlfriend Nikki in the film, a promo that got 30,000 people to sign up.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
18 May 2026
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Thousands of fans have also been engaging with Nikki’s increasingly obsessive, unsettling texts, voice notes and special deliveries after encountering cryptic billboards across Los Angeles and New York, each featuring her obsessive messages alongside a phone number inviting them to reach out.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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To catch the faint signals of early-stage tumors, doctors required huge apparatus packed with complex optical paths, expensive spectrometers, and sensitive prisms.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
25 May 2026
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The finish is medium to long, led by charred oak, baking spice, and vanilla, with lingering notes of orange zest, brown sugar, and a faint herbal touch of tobacco.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
Adjective
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His family and his friends lost him for something so stupid.—
Kelsie Cairns,
FOXNews.com,
26 May 2026
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Utterly stupid, morally wrong, take your pick.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 May 2026
Adjective
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In the second, highly lethal variant of the Black Death, patients typically exhibited no initial symptoms, such as the onset of a fever or the appearance of buboes, but instead would suddenly begin to vomit up blood (that was usually dark in color) and typically died soon thereafter.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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The nose combines campfire smoke, toasted coconut, and sea spray with vanilla fudge and dark sugar.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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But whereas that world could be characterized, at times, by macho one-upmanship that felt almost bloodthirsty, Esperantists like Jurobola were committed to a hazy vision of peace.—
Katie Thornton,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
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The company’s flagship hazy IPA, Chug, recently won gold at the 2026 World Beer Cup, often described as the ‘Olympics of Beer,’ strengthening Mash Gang’s reputation for taste and quality at a time when many consumers still associate non-alcoholic beer with inferior flavor.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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“Opaque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opaque. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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