variants
or obscurantic
as in shadowy
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obscurant
Adjective
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Resilience was targeting the top of the moon, a less forbidding place than the shadowy bottom.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 June 2025 -
Financial support, in the form of a shadowy investment club that purports to lift up and empower women.—
Dwyer Murphy
June 6,
Literary Hub,
6 June 2025
Adjective
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Also, look for imperfections in them, such as distorted hands or feet, unrealistic facial features, indistinct or irregular faces, unrealistic accessories such as glasses or jewelry, inaccurate shadows, watermarks, voice call lag time, voice matching, and unnatural movements.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
19 May 2025
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Look for subtle imperfections in images and videos, such as distorted hands or feet, unrealistic facial features, indistinct or irregular faces, unrealistic accessories such as glasses or jewelry, inaccurate shadows, watermarks, voice call lag time, voice matching, and unnatural movements.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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For decades, the lighthouse's keeper rang bells during foggy conditions but also maintained a log of the river's conditions — and, at times, rescued people in distress, according to the Journal News, part of the USA TODAY Network.—
Michael P. McKinney,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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Summer mornings may start foggy but usually clear by midday.—
Amplified Content Studio,
Mercury News,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Though famous for its hazy IPAs, Outer Range has stepped up its game in lagers, pilsners, stouts, saisons and Belgians.—
Shauna Farnell,
Denver Post,
27 May 2025
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The potential July trade market for relievers is hazy.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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After passing Middle North Falls, hang a right on the Winter Trail and head down for half a mile to see Winter Falls, with its thick drop of misty water (this is my favorite place to feel the spray of ionized water on my face).—
Margot Bigg,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Apr. 2025
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The rain, which arrived in the North Bay part of the region late Sunday was expected to migrate to the South Bay and drop light, misty rain measuring in the tenths of inches through the afternoon, NWS meteorologist Dial Hoang said.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Fortunately, telescopic technology has come a long way in the past 95 years, with deep surveys that can capture the passage of a faint object.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
30 May 2025
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In Court Musk Announces His Exit From Trump Administration—What To Know The faint signal from navigation satellites is easy to jam.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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The team notes that the gases are chemically indistinguishable from gases present in volcanic rocks from Hawaiʻi, where volcanism is fueled by a mantle plume.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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Musically, the song is indistinguishable from most modern country — a plangent guitar melody leading the way, followed by the sinister percussive drop of a trap beat.—
Jon Caramanica,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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So Far The game’s two trailers poke fun at many Florida-isms with insane characters like the dual hammer-wielding woman, a sunburned man watering his lawn in a speedo, and spring breakers and locals partying heavily by posh pools and muddy monster truck rallies.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
26 May 2025
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The ports had to invent themselves in the first place, out of muddy marshes and shallows, to become the present-day enterprises doing billions of dollars of business and compete and partner with the massive Asian container ports across the Pacific.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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“Obscurant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obscurant. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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