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as in misty
filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension
hazy skies made it dangerous to fly the hazy sunshine so common in August
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as in clouded
covered over by clouds
when taking landscape photographs, compensate for dull, hazy skies by emphasizing colorful features on the ground
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as in vague
not seen or understood clearly
the meaning of "you should" here is hazy—does it mean "you are strongly urged" or "you are commanded"?
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Recent Examples of hazy
Lemon Chiffon and Sundew, Classic Yellow and Armagnac—all evoke dusty landscapes and hazy sunlight.
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Tim Nelson, Architectural Digest, 24 Sep. 2025
Frosted glass has an opaque, hazy finish that provides privacy while still allowing in light.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025
The road to social media was a hazy and confusing merging of these two types of websites.
—ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
With glimmering synths, two backup dancers whose movement bordered on performance art, and baths of hazy blue light, Lorde's show was deeper than just a concert from its beginning notes.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Sep. 2025
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Tim Nelson, Architectural Digest, 24 Sep. 2025
Frosted glass has an opaque, hazy finish that provides privacy while still allowing in light.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025
The road to social media was a hazy and confusing merging of these two types of websites.
—ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
With glimmering synths, two backup dancers whose movement bordered on performance art, and baths of hazy blue light, Lorde's show was deeper than just a concert from its beginning notes.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hazy
Adjective
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Amelia Gray Hamlin Amelia Gray Hamlin partnered her black lace get-up with a sinister makeup look involving misty gray shadow.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
19 Sep. 2025
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The low-hanging clouds reached their misty tendrils toward us, dousing us in a cool bath of rain.—
Stefanie Waldek,
AFAR Media,
12 Sep. 2025
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Laser sunbursts and clouded fade-outs replace traditional abrasion, showcasing Rimaks’s laundry artistry in a low-impact way.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Oct. 2025
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This may be a one-off in an area — AI and the need for the US to win — that’s less clouded by the ideology that drives the president.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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But those conditions are vague, and largely left to interpretation, Chris Mirasola, a professor of law at The University of Houston Law Center, tells TIME.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
7 Oct. 2025
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Fans reportedly emptied out of the stadium before halftime, and after the final whistle, the 73-year-old former NFL coach was left making vague promises that his team would somehow turn the corner.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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But legal experts say the wording was murky, making judicial interpretation a moving target.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
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The announcement was greeted with jubilation and some caution, with many of the fine-print details still murky.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Over the weekend, around 16,000 people paid their respects to the designer at his funeral chamber at the Armani Teatro designed by Tadao Ando, filled with white flowers and paper lanterns on the floor in a diagonal grid formation dimly lit up the darkened venue.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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His nephew said that, for decades, his grandparents had kept alive a faint hope that maybe their hero son had just been captured and would one day come gamboling through the front door to the family’s Brookside home.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
10 Oct. 2025
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From this distance, Swift detected the faint ultraviolet glow of hydroxyl (OH), the product of water molecules broken apart by sunlight, the study reports.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Severe weather during our rainy and hurricane seasons make vehicles particularly susceptible to damage from wind, flood, and hail, leading to an increase in vehicle claims.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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That one subtle alteration flips the rainy minor sound into a bright ray of positivity.—
Tom Roland,
Billboard,
8 Oct. 2025
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His immediate future is foggy but Campbell got a confident endorsement from Boston's front office to close the season.—
Tim Crowley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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Milby says the incident occurred during foggy conditions, which could have affected Sardone's visibility.—
Jillian Frankel,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Hazy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hazy. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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