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as in confusing
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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as in obscuring
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
evening shadows blurred the view of the valley from the overlook
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Recent Examples of blurring
Essence Wiley, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026
There’s something very sentimental in the blurring of that line.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026
While people have often sought comfort in fantasy and escapism—as the popularity of romance novels and daytime soap operas attest—psychologists say that the way in which some people are using chatbots, and the blurring of the line between fantasy and real life, is unprecedented.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 26 Dec. 2025
Primers can be radiance-boosting, blurring, color-correcting, and more.
—Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 15 Dec. 2025
Capitulation to settlers Concurrent to these developments has been a blurring of lines between civilian settlers and uniformed security personnel.
—Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
Many brands are moving away from talc products and instead formulating with alternatives that can provide the same blurring, anti-caking action like cornstarch, rice starch, mica and silica without the cancer risk.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 11 Dec. 2025
This leads to the disappearance of Sa3oud and the blurring of boundaries between illusion and reality.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 28 Nov. 2025
My guess is this is a small black bear, and blurring distorted the photo.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025
Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
Analysts also noted that the longstanding nexus between business leaders and politicians has been a mixed blessing in Bangladesh—often facilitating swift policy decisions to support industry, yet at times blurring lines between commercial and political interests.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 16 Feb. 2026
The late Cuban modernist painter, whose boundary-blurring art explored his complex Afro-Asian Latino heritage, is currently having his largest-ever American retrospective at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.
—Stephanie Sporn, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2026
Cons of Being the 'Fun Parent' Despite all of the positives, fun parents run the risk of blurring boundaries between parent and child, and parent and friend.
—Jana Pollack, Parents, 15 Feb. 2026
Then there’s also the secret sauce that gives it its pore-blurring and glass-skin imparting finish.
—Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 15 Feb. 2026
At the heart of power, Baranov shapes the new Russia, blurring the boundaries between truth and lies, belief and manipulation.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
The researchers warned that while the idea of workers taking on more tasks voluntarily could seem ideal, nonstop work has the potential to lead to problems down the line, including blurring the boundary between work and non-work, as well as burnout and cognitive fatigue.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
Dyckman agrees that using a moody color like Benjamin Moore's Gunmetal in an already dark space can actually make a room feel larger, blurring the edges and minimizing contrast.
—Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 8 Feb. 2026
Noun
My preferred method is to use it as a blurring primer.
—Essence Wiley, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026
There’s something very sentimental in the blurring of that line.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026
While people have often sought comfort in fantasy and escapism—as the popularity of romance novels and daytime soap operas attest—psychologists say that the way in which some people are using chatbots, and the blurring of the line between fantasy and real life, is unprecedented.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 26 Dec. 2025
Primers can be radiance-boosting, blurring, color-correcting, and more.
—Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 15 Dec. 2025
Capitulation to settlers Concurrent to these developments has been a blurring of lines between civilian settlers and uniformed security personnel.
—Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
Many brands are moving away from talc products and instead formulating with alternatives that can provide the same blurring, anti-caking action like cornstarch, rice starch, mica and silica without the cancer risk.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 11 Dec. 2025
This leads to the disappearance of Sa3oud and the blurring of boundaries between illusion and reality.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 28 Nov. 2025
My guess is this is a small black bear, and blurring distorted the photo.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
Together, these elements underscore the exhibition’s multivalent nature, blurring distinctions between sculpture and performance, object and instrument, stillness and activation.
—Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
Analysts also noted that the longstanding nexus between business leaders and politicians has been a mixed blessing in Bangladesh—often facilitating swift policy decisions to support industry, yet at times blurring lines between commercial and political interests.
—Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 16 Feb. 2026
The late Cuban modernist painter, whose boundary-blurring art explored his complex Afro-Asian Latino heritage, is currently having his largest-ever American retrospective at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.
—Stephanie Sporn, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2026
Cons of Being the 'Fun Parent' Despite all of the positives, fun parents run the risk of blurring boundaries between parent and child, and parent and friend.
—Jana Pollack, Parents, 15 Feb. 2026
Then there’s also the secret sauce that gives it its pore-blurring and glass-skin imparting finish.
—Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 15 Feb. 2026
At the heart of power, Baranov shapes the new Russia, blurring the boundaries between truth and lies, belief and manipulation.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
The researchers warned that while the idea of workers taking on more tasks voluntarily could seem ideal, nonstop work has the potential to lead to problems down the line, including blurring the boundary between work and non-work, as well as burnout and cognitive fatigue.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
Dyckman agrees that using a moody color like Benjamin Moore's Gunmetal in an already dark space can actually make a room feel larger, blurring the edges and minimizing contrast.
—Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 8 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blurring
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Thirty-one years after founding the Vans Warped Tour, the pop-punk patriarch is looking at the modern music industry with a mixture of confusion and frustration.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
15 Feb. 2026
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The result is not merely confusion about who is responsible but a gradual weakening of the expectations that make responsibility meaningful at all.—
Deb Roy,
The Atlantic,
15 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The citizens of Texas are confusing hospitality for complacency.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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Registration deadlines, confusing rules and inconsistent access make participation harder at the very moment young people become eligible to vote.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Instead, massive investment comes first, obscuring early gains.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
15 Feb. 2026
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There are redactions all over, obscuring the names of those involved.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
15 Feb. 2026
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By his third season, rumors of Sane’s departure and injuries surfaced, clouding his trajectory.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The study showed that insurers paid investors $680 million in dividends and accepted $951 million in capital contributions from affiliates, clouding regulators’ abilities to determine insurers’ actual financial health.—
Ron Hurtibise,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Hope is a dimming ember lighting our ever-darkening path.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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Simon also said that darkening retail doors can be filled by growing businesses as Life Time health clubs, House of Sports, which is a relatively new concept from Dick’s Sporting Goods, and space can be repurposed to mixed uses, including outdoor uses.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
3 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The renderings showed an imposing new East Wing roughly a city block long, longer than the West Wing and almost completely obfuscating the view of the Treasury Building from the South Lawn.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
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Lawyers for the group contend that the city is willfully obfuscating to cover up its inadequate efforts to live up to its settlement.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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And Hanceville’s fate is as murky as the fog that pours in at night, blotting out buildings and blackening the road ahead.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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These tungsten atoms would then condense on the slightly cooler inside of the glass bulb, blackening it and dimming the light over time.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
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As the decades passed, their experiments escalated into increasingly absurd inquiries, muddying the boundaries between subjective and objective reality.—
Shannon Taggart,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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This may be because the nucleus accumbens, the other reward region that some participants learned to ramp up, didn’t have the same connection to immune response, muddying the results.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
19 Jan. 2026
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“Blurring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blurring. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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