1
as in obscuring
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
the diner's dark interior, clouded with smoke and grease
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2
as in confusing
to make (something) unclear to the understanding
cloud the issue with obscure statistics
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Recent Examples of clouding
The lenses of deep-sea fish are also especially susceptible to clouding, in the same way that egg whites go from clear to opaque when hard-boiled.
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Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Gordon gives examples of self-affirmations--facts to say to yourself when feelings of doubt are clouding them--that are science-backed, too.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Wildfire smoke can travel hundreds of miles, clouding skies and choking air quality in distant cities.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Markets are treading water ahead of the Jackson Hole symposium, with mixed data clouding hopes for a September Fed rate cut.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Gordon gives examples of self-affirmations--facts to say to yourself when feelings of doubt are clouding them--that are science-backed, too.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Wildfire smoke can travel hundreds of miles, clouding skies and choking air quality in distant cities.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Markets are treading water ahead of the Jackson Hole symposium, with mixed data clouding hopes for a September Fed rate cut.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clouding
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Meanwhile, this past weekend, reports emerged that two American military cargo jets deported people to Africa on flights that appear to have had their transponders turned off, preventing tracking by obscuring their locations from public flight databases and other nearby aircraft.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
24 Sep. 2025
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Differential privacy introduces controlled noise or randomness to datasets, obscuring individual details while maintaining collective patterns.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
23 Sep. 2025
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At one point at the state banquet, the president was seen confusing Camilla and Kate.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
25 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement The recent announcement only compounds the harm, confusing parents and diverting attention and resources from questions that could actually bring answers.—
Dr. Craig Spencer,
Time,
23 Sep. 2025
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Just a day later, on October 22, Neptune retrograde slips back into numinous Pisces, peeling away illusions while blurring the lines between fantasy and reality.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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Posters on view in the show reveal how Mussolini turned to art and advertising to reiterate and spread his cause, blurring lines between propaganda and art.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Just with way worse WRs and a changing defensive landscape designed at taking away explosives and muddying the waters for offenses.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
15 Sep. 2025
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Be careful of drugs and alcohol muddying the water.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
14 Sep. 2025
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Other Mommy is described as a supernatural trip into the darkening world of a young girl as her family, and their home, are haunted by a sinister entity that is determined to take up residence inside her.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
16 Sep. 2025
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The resulting scorching ash cloud reached as high as 16 miles into the atmosphere, darkening the sky and causing homes and businesses as far as 300 miles away to close.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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Some data types can be encrypted randomly, obfuscating enough of the data to stymie hackers—such as using only the last four digits of your credit to confirm your purchase identity.—
Srinivas Shekar,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Rotisserie birds fogging their plastic takeout containers can’t be good for you.—
Matthew Shen Goodman,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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In no time, volcanic ash spreads to the heavily populated capital of Tokyo, fogging up the air and blanketing buildings and vehicles.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
27 Aug. 2025
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Defense and infrastructure advocates assert that tariffs also drive up the price of critical supplies, complicating procurement for national security and public projects.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
22 Sep. 2025
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Deep Monitoring And Debugging AI agents operate in workflows with APIs, third-party data and multistep chains of logic—complicating the debugging and monitoring.—
Gaurav Aggarwal,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Clouding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clouding. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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