as in obscuring
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
picture postcards never show those not-infrequent days when the coastal scenery is fuzzed up by fog
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But Lacombe says that national data could be obscuring smaller trends that are underway in parts of the country.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
1 Feb. 2026 -
This team realized that finding the wake of a quark would be simpler if there were no second quark obscuring it.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Malone was raised in Grapevine and has sold millions of records globally over the last decade in his career as a rapper, singer and songwriter, blurring genre lines between rap, hip-hop, country and rock in the process.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Three years later, host Zane Lowe flew to San Juan to interview the rising artist, whose early SoundCloud uploads and genre-blurring reggaeton tracks were turning heads.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
3 Feb. 2026
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Use room-darkening shades and blackout curtains to prevent light from seeping in to interrupt your shut-eye.—
Kylie Petty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Jan. 2026
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The moon's outsized profiles appear subtly warped by their proximity to the horizon and the dark silhouettes of lunar maria (seas) can be picked out darkening its surface, where ancient lava once flowed into impact basins billions of years ago.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Fuzzing (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fuzzing%20%28up%29. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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