1
as in to confuse
to make (something) unclear to the understanding
an article for the layman that blurs the distinction between the two kinds of cholesterol
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2
as in to obscure
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
evening shadows blurred the view of the valley from the overlook
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as in taint
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Recent Examples of blur
Mark David,
Robb Report,
18 June 2026
LaBarge frequently interrupts the telling to braid her narrative so tautly with those of others that their language blurs together, quotation marks vanishing, lines of demarcation eroding.
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Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
12 June 2026
Between the blur of dance videos and cats were sponsored posts for supplements, gym routines and knock-off GLP-1s.
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Noelle Harff,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
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Verb
Designed to blur the line between indoors and outdoors, the home is organized as a series of pavilions surrounding a massive central atrium with a reflecting pool, sculptural curves, and a distinctive grid-like roof supported by colossal columns.
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Mark David,
Robb Report,
18 June 2026
LaBarge frequently interrupts the telling to braid her narrative so tautly with those of others that their language blurs together, quotation marks vanishing, lines of demarcation eroding.
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Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
Noun
Upping blur reduction could help in some cases.
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Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
12 June 2026
Between the blur of dance videos and cats were sponsored posts for supplements, gym routines and knock-off GLP-1s.
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Noelle Harff,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blur
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So The Listeners — not to be confused with 2022’s The Listener starring Tessa Thompson and you in a voice role — is just now reaching the States.
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Why The Market Misprices Good Companies Investors often confuse business quality with investment quality.
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The irony is a bit hard to ignore — the very environment being modified to protect or maintain beaches was simultaneously obscuring the ecological processes happening just offshore.
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And what’s a novelist but a fence, furnishing imaginary scenes with choice pieces of reality while obscuring their provenance?
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The prosecutor’s subjective good faith does not cure the retaliatory taint.
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The good news is that the gala survived its Bezos taint.
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Led by music-industry mogul Irving Azoff, the Oak View Group might have found itself with new competition after Legends Global entered the mix, but on Wednesday city officials appeared uninterested in further muddying the convoluted sale of the 112-acre complex.
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The California Chamber of Commerce, a business trade group behind the measure, argues the state’s system of approving certain developments is too slow, too muddied up by regulation and too expensive and that the initiative is the fix needed.
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Today, the skies seem to be darkening once again.
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One brush fire from the summer storm then split into two, and the raging flames sent plumes of black smoke upward, darkening the skies for miles and fouling the air.
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Ignoring water stains can lead to mold growth, structural damage, or costly repairs over time.
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Textra 11 Apex is not trying to replace a heavy-duty carpet extractor, and Fanttik is clear that it is not intended for stubborn, set-in stains or pet hair removal.
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As in the plays of William Shakespeare, Stoppard’s authorial point of view was intentionally obfuscated.
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However, it's also been heavily subsidized to encourage adoption and obfuscate the financial costs of AI.
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Bringing home a colossal 85-inch home theater display equipped with thousands of active local dimming zones and AI scenario scaling for under $1,000 is an exceptional value.
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If economic prospects dim and companies face higher borrowing costs themselves, traders may turn elsewhere for safer investments.
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“Blur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blur. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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