1
as in to obscure
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
the diner's dark interior, clouded with smoke and grease
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2
as in to confuse
to make (something) unclear to the understanding
cloud the issue with obscure statistics
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Recent Examples of cloud
Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 2 June 2026
Cash from their ads, cloud, and e-commerce businesses easily covered early spending, but then companies started borrowing to pay for AI.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 2 June 2026
Jill Lawless, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
The contest has been clouded for a third year by calls for Israel to be excluded over its conflicts in Gaza and elsewhere, with five longtime participants - Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland, Iceland and Slovenia - boycotting in protest.
—CBS News, 16 May 2026
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Noun
The dark clouds have dissipated from Orcutt’s guitar.
—Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 2 June 2026
Cash from their ads, cloud, and e-commerce businesses easily covered early spending, but then companies started borrowing to pay for AI.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 2 June 2026
Verb
The contest has been clouded for a third year by calls for Israel to be excluded over its conflicts in Gaza and elsewhere, with five longtime participants — Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland, Iceland and Slovenia — boycotting in protest.
—Jill Lawless, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
The contest has been clouded for a third year by calls for Israel to be excluded over its conflicts in Gaza and elsewhere, with five longtime participants - Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland, Iceland and Slovenia - boycotting in protest.
—CBS News, 16 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloud
Noun
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The greatest loss, as microdemographics turn away from and against one another and a grim pall descends over public life, might be that of late night as a venue to forget our differences (or at least laugh about them) long enough to have fun together, like a functional society.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
22 May 2026
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Casting a pall over the nuptials, Harry Beaton (Spencer Davis Milford), hopelessly in love with Jean, threatens to destroy Brigadoon’s miracle by leaving the town for good.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
Verb
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In transportation, technology must support human judgment, not obscure it.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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What, then, is being obscured—beyond the view?—
Erika Landström,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
Verb
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And then beyond that, there’s Hackney Wick, which is not to be confused with traditional Hackney, also on the canal, filled with very cool community initiatives.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 May 2026
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Because of their similar flowers, this plant is sometimes confused with bigleaf hydrangea.—
Marie Iannotti,
The Spruce,
29 May 2026
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The splashing water captured by the camera is abstracted into a nebulous fog that dissolves the profile of a Parisian bridge in the background.—
Erika Landström,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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In extremely dense fog where visibility is near zero, the best course of action is to first turn on your hazard lights, then simply pull into a safe location such as a parking lot of a local business, and stop.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
2 June 2026
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And as the lines between online content and traditional television continue to blur, some of the platform’s biggest creators are not waiting around for the industry to get on board.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
30 May 2026
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That person moved to Montclair or Hudson or Bucks County and is on a Zoom call right now, background blurred, wondering why their new hire seems so lost.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
Verb
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But instead of sounding the alarm, defendants went out of their way to becloud the emerging scientific consensus.—
Edward Fitzpatrick,
BostonGlobe.com,
7 Aug. 2019
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His flacks and surrogates hand out scraps of information grudgingly, infrequently, and beclouded by fragrant eructations of doublespeak.—
Charles Seife,
Slate Magazine,
1 Mar. 2017
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That moniker comes from a violent 1967 peasant uprising against oppressive landlords in Naxalbari, a village in the shadow of the Himalayan foothills in northeast India.—
Dhruv Tikekar,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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That combination of the huge volume spike, along with the rapid decline in short interest with an incredibly fast parabolic rise in the share price, tells you beyond a shadow of a doubt that this was a short squeeze and a massive one at that.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
Verb
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For her role as Selena Quintanilla in the 1997 film about the late singer, her arches were darkened and defined.—
Tori Crowther,
Allure,
27 May 2026
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Moonrise will take place across North America in blue hour, when the sky is darkening but still retains color — perfect timing.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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“Cloud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloud. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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