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as in daze
a state of mental confusion
didn't get enough sleep and now I'm in a fog
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as in confusion
a state of mental uncertainty
I wandered around in a fog after the shocking news
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as in to confuse
to make (something) unclear to the understanding
extraneous matters that only serve to fog the central issue
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as in to obscure
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
time will fog memories
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Recent Examples of fog
Big Think, 18 Oct. 2025
Ocean fog envelopes Sintra forest, within Portugal’s Sintra-Cascais Natural Park, near Lisbon.
—Alex Trias, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Most of the grapes for this stunning Chardonnay are sourced from the southern part of Napa Valley where fog from the San Pablo Bay cools the grapes in the late evenings and early mornings, allowing the wines to maintain bracing acidity and freshness.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 24 July 2025
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Noun
As societies industrialized, scientists applied their understanding of perception to enhance that fog.
—Big Think, 18 Oct. 2025
Ocean fog envelopes Sintra forest, within Portugal’s Sintra-Cascais Natural Park, near Lisbon.
—Alex Trias, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
The mosquito and vector control districts have also ramped up surveillance and treatments targeting both larvae and adults, including ground fogging in areas where positive mosquitoes and birds were found, officials said.
—Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Most of the grapes for this stunning Chardonnay are sourced from the southern part of Napa Valley where fog from the San Pablo Bay cools the grapes in the late evenings and early mornings, allowing the wines to maintain bracing acidity and freshness.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fog
Noun
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And of course, in the midst of my daze, my phone began buzzing incessantly.—
Karine Jean-Pierre,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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Over the past few years, Teasdale has grown to embrace the slow mornings and simple comforts that come with being a homebody, and Moisturizer, Wet Leg’s bright, celestial second album, captures small-hours moments, sofa snogs and falling into the buoyant daze of doing nothing all day.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
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Air pollution in New Delhi hit a five-year high this week, as Diwali fireworks combined with farming fires to shroud the city in a toxic haze.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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The haze of this dreamy transit could’ve left us projecting fantasies, chasing ideals and ignoring truths that matter.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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The abrupt departure stunned the crowd, prompting confusion both in the audience and among his bandmates.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
25 Oct. 2025
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Teddy’s reasoning is a confusion of save-the-world alarmism, garden-variety derangement, unhealed trauma, and single-minded revenge.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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One of the higher-ups felt my title Stairway to Heaven would be confused with the 1939 movie of the same name.—
Cameron Crowe,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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Historically, people disguised themselves in mystical and mythical ensembles time of year in order to confuse ghosts and deter them from wreaking havoc; the Celts even carved faces into vegetables to keep the entities away from their food.—
Lisa Stardust,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Traditional narratives obscure the role slavery might have played in Texas’ drive for independence and portray the Alamo’s defenders as freedom fighters.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Breaking up or obscuring the reflection makes the glass visible to birds, preventing them from hitting your windows.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
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This can be easily done with a light mist of cooking spray, or by using a swipe of oil or coconut oil.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
25 Oct. 2025
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Driving through lush, evergreen rainforest, far past the industrious city of Seattle, a rolling mist creeps in.—
Christina Fang,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Oct. 2025
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What is normal in the state of dementia, where connections are not being made, where tangle is all, objects take on a curious aspect, and where there is an unpleasant flavor to the hours?—
Joy Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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In a yarn shop, a tangle of tariffs Sara Heckman’s shop Apricot Yarn & Supply sells yarn from around the world.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Oct. 2025
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And as immigration raids escalated in the spring of this year, fear began to cloud simple outings like family trips to the park.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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Gone is the cynicism that clouded the Biden era.—
Faisal J. Abbas,
semafor.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Fog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fog. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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