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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
Cook, uncovered, until the fish is just cooked all the way through, is opaque and flakes easily with a fork, about 4 minutes.
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The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 June 2026
Instead, the currents were tinted with opaque, light-gray sediment.
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Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
24 June 2026
Patients face access issues, opaque pricing, surprise bills, fragmented records, and difficulty navigating payer networks, while providers are frustrated by the high administrative burden and challenges getting paid for quality care.
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Web Golinkin,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Users whose accounts are disabled often encounter appeal processes that are opaque, impractical, or unavailable.
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Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
23 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for opaque
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 June 2026
Instead, the currents were tinted with opaque, light-gray sediment.
—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
24 June 2026
Patients face access issues, opaque pricing, surprise bills, fragmented records, and difficulty navigating payer networks, while providers are frustrated by the high administrative burden and challenges getting paid for quality care.
—
Web Golinkin,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Users whose accounts are disabled often encounter appeal processes that are opaque, impractical, or unavailable.
—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
23 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for opaque
Recent Examples of Synonyms for opaque
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Rubio met with Gulf Arab leaders in Bahrain on Thursday in an effort to assuage their concerns over certain terms of the MOU, including the ambiguous language around the management of the Strait of Hormuz.
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With one, everything the best-performing agent learns is written into a layer for the next—how to handle a difficult customer, which exception patterns resolved cleanly, what an ambiguous edge case meant for the business.
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Acting on such vague forecasts, like shorting Bitcoin, carries immense risk due to its volatility.
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But the movie never seems to have a grip on its hero’s moral code; despite urging Ruthye not to kill the villain, Kara’s outlook on her own use of lethal force remains frustratingly vague.
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Though Cady has made some gestures toward helping the Bowdens, like his behind-the-scenes effort to get one of Anna’s death-row clients exonerated last week, Tom and Anna should not be so dumb as to ignore his ulterior motives.
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The entire plot to get to the bones seems incredibly dumb.
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His doctors speculated his infection might have been a rare case of cryptic transmission from sharing meals and bathrooms with his coworkers, one of whom apparently had a tapeworm infection.
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The Drama stirred debate on social media over its cryptic marketing campaign that did not directly divulge the main focus of the film.
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Single dishes tend to be more sensitive and able to pick up faint radio waves from deeper in the cosmos, but radio arrays with many dishes tend to capture much sharper images.
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However, this new research showed that these point sources, including pulsars, would be extremely faint, and that is good news for scientists who favor annihilating dark matter as the cause of these gamma rays.
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But even the most perfect Constitution can be undone by the wicked with the help of the bought, the stupid, and the cowardly.
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White can believe Hokit said something stupid and still believe fighters should be allowed to speak for themselves.
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Tourism and city officials say that marketplace channels festival foot traffic directly to Black entrepreneurs and helps keep dollars circulating in local neighborhoods long after the stages go dark.
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Jason kept the look casual in a light blue graphic T-shirt, white shorts, a baseball cap and dark sunglasses.
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Greenberg tried his best to ignore an irritating ankle injury that had plagued him the last couple of weeks and grimaced under the hazy sunlight as the pitcher, probably 20 or more years his junior, stared him down.
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In the private ward in the maternity wing, everything is quiet, all the surfaces immaculate and clean as if nothing at all has happened, your mother still hazy with the blur of oxytocin and carbetocin, staring out the open window.
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“Opaque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opaque. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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