: characterized by dimness, indistinctness, or obscurity
the blurred names on the gravestones
: lacking clarity or sharpness : blurry
a blurred photograph
blurred vision
blurredly
adverb
I am being lifted into the air—and even as I pant and stare blurredly, limply, mindlessly, a map appears, of the dark ground where I ran …
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The company operates hotels and golf courses, as well as domestic commercial real estate.
Concerns about the blurred line between politics and personal business interests have been repeatedly raised throughout both the first and second Trump administrations.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
As the account proceeds, the boundaries—between him and his supervisor, between them and their subjects, between the artist and the system his work attempts to penetrate—become blurred.
—Philip Tinari, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
This cliché often serves as a red flag, hinting at blurred boundaries between work and personal life or expectations of intense loyalty without proper compensation.
—Melissa Daimler, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
But nine years in, producers have realized the benefits of blurred lines.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025
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Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
As the account proceeds, the boundaries—between him and his supervisor, between them and their subjects, between the artist and the system his work attempts to penetrate—become blurred.
—Philip Tinari, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
This cliché often serves as a red flag, hinting at blurred boundaries between work and personal life or expectations of intense loyalty without proper compensation.
—Melissa Daimler, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
But nine years in, producers have realized the benefits of blurred lines.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for blurred
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“Blurred.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blurred. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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