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Recent Examples of fuzziness
This fuzziness makes for an uncomfortable and maybe even confusing interpretation of her sexuality, but that’s part of the point.
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Anna Holmes, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2025
If donning the jacket leather side up, pops of sherpa fuzziness will still be yours to enjoy, as the coat’s patch pockets are artfully topped by the material.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
The scaling hypothesis—the belief that bigger models will produce more intelligent outputs—seems to rest on the dubious belief that a system that has been fed enough information about the world will not have to deal with fuzziness.
—Meghan O’Gieblyn, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
This fuzziness can be challenging for any autonomous system navigating the uncertainty of a human world—such as Alexa reacting to the wrong conversations, or self-driving cars being stymied by white trucks and orange traffic cones.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Nov. 2022
Anna Holmes, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2025
If donning the jacket leather side up, pops of sherpa fuzziness will still be yours to enjoy, as the coat’s patch pockets are artfully topped by the material.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
The scaling hypothesis—the belief that bigger models will produce more intelligent outputs—seems to rest on the dubious belief that a system that has been fed enough information about the world will not have to deal with fuzziness.
—Meghan O’Gieblyn, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
This fuzziness can be challenging for any autonomous system navigating the uncertainty of a human world—such as Alexa reacting to the wrong conversations, or self-driving cars being stymied by white trucks and orange traffic cones.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fuzziness
Noun
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What makes the legislation especially harmful, Ziegler said, is its vagueness.—
SOPHIA PAFFENROTH,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Details about the project are scant, but for someone like Kéré, that provisional vagueness would represent an opportunity.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The haziness is showing up in every aspect of the economy.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
19 Mar. 2026
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Mercury is the planet of logic, but Pisces is all about gut instinct, so expect some haziness between the two.—
Annabel Gat,
Vogue,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Market participants seem to be staying on the sidelines amid the uncertainty.—
Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2026
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The billions of dollars that Haitians send home, the IMF said, have helped the government’s Central Bank reserves, while offsetting the high fuel prices despite the uncertainty surrounding the potential termination of Haitians’ Temporary Protected Status in the United States.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This type of cloudiness is the more forgiving of the two and most often reversible with the right cleaning method.—
Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
30 Mar. 2026
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According to AutoZone, the first step after your headlight stops working is to check the bulbs, then inspect for broken filaments or cloudiness and replace if necessary.—
Isa Almeida,
Oklahoman,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Wood was diagnosed with liver disease and continued to lose weight and experience severe fatigue and brain fogginess.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
10 Mar. 2026
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Conditions have been just right for inversions lately, causing other areas of Idaho — such as the Magic Valley, home to Twin Falls — and adjacent states to experience gray fogginess.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But did the faintness of the line mean my case wasn’t serious?—
Adam Cohen,
Oklahoman,
3 Feb. 2026
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The challenge, of course, is their faintness.—
Adam Frank,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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To make our lineup, The Times surveyed more than 200 authors, publishers, journalists and general book club enthusiasts to select the best book club reads in 10 categories, including romance, mystery, memoir and literary fiction.—
Brittany Levine Beckman,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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Much of Taylor’s life is shrouded in mystery and myth.—
Mosi Reeves,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2026
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Therefore, for the show to truly succeed in leaving the audience in a state of ambiguity about the relationship, both leads must be megawatt talents.—
Julia Edelstein,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2026
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The ambiguity around the word’s origins stems at least partly from a centuries-long moral panic over it, says Michael Adams, an English professor at Indiana University Bloomington who has written about swearing.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Fuzziness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fuzziness. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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