1
as in obscures
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
the diner's dark interior, clouded with smoke and grease
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2
as in confuses
to make (something) unclear to the understanding
cloud the issue with obscure statistics
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Recent Examples of clouds
Ronak Desai, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
In a small region of the mountainous forests in Brazil, the peaks meet the clouds and humidity fills the air.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Fair-weather waterspouts form along the base of clouds, starting on the water's surface and don't typically include high winds or thunderstorms, NOAA said.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
With dark clouds looming ahead, Cody and Ali learn to make the most of their time together.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
Dense clouds of gas, under gravitation’s relentless influence, contract, triggering star-formation.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 8 Sep. 2025
Standing in the hulking concrete box—the open-air nucleus of the home—evokes being in a James Turrell Skyspace, your senses heightened to the shifting of the light or the passing of clouds.
—Siobhan Reid, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2025
Watch On Primordial star formation Stars form when massive clouds of hydrogen many light years across collapse under their own gravity.
—Luke Keller, Space.com, 7 Sep. 2025
David Trainer, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
Every application sits on top of compute, storage, networking and security layers, often distributed across clouds and hybrid environments.
—Ronak Desai, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
In a small region of the mountainous forests in Brazil, the peaks meet the clouds and humidity fills the air.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Fair-weather waterspouts form along the base of clouds, starting on the water's surface and don't typically include high winds or thunderstorms, NOAA said.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 8 Sep. 2025
With dark clouds looming ahead, Cody and Ali learn to make the most of their time together.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
Dense clouds of gas, under gravitation’s relentless influence, contract, triggering star-formation.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 8 Sep. 2025
Standing in the hulking concrete box—the open-air nucleus of the home—evokes being in a James Turrell Skyspace, your senses heightened to the shifting of the light or the passing of clouds.
—Siobhan Reid, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2025
Watch On Primordial star formation Stars form when massive clouds of hydrogen many light years across collapse under their own gravity.
—Luke Keller, Space.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
However, tariff uncertainty clouds the headline growth figure.
—David Trainer, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clouds
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From Hertz's controversial AI vehicle scanners to hotel vape detectors, to airline pricing algorithms possibly jacking up fares, these systems operate in the shadows while your wallet takes a hit.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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Two Pianos begins in the thick of night, saturated in the sepia shadows of the Vieux Lyon quarter’s historic architecture and cobblestone streets, and moves gradually toward a crisp autumn light.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The delicate curtain slightly obscures a digital color photograph of a drawing by a museum employee reimagining Picasso’s painting.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Relatively high coverage at the national and state levels obscures the fact that in some local areas, vaccine coverage is low due to high numbers of exemptions, putting clusters of children at greater risk of disease.—
Simon Williams,
Time,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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And so an urban tunnel not only blocks some satellites, but confuses the listeners as to which are direct or reflected signals.—
Steve Tengler,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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However, both of these scenarios resulted in the copious production of complex organic hazes, including molecular formulas that match compounds essential to life processes such as nucleobases, sugars, amino acids, and more.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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On the third floor, The World of RH Bar and Lounge showcases highlights from other RH destinations around the world, including two jets RH One and Two, the RH Three yacht, and 26 restaurants and bars, showing how seamlessly the brand blurs the line between lifestyle and design.—
Erica Wertheim Zohar,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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For him, the hardest questions are the ones in the gray areas, when curiosity blurs into risk.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The radiant point of the Perseids is the constellation Perseus, which, from the Northern Hemisphere, rises in the northeast as the sky darkens during August.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Blocking the sunlight also darkens his living spaces.—
Roxana Popescu,
Mercury News,
11 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Gating much of that control behind certain subscription tiers further obfuscates what’s possible.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Clouds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clouds. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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