as in haze
an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency
wrapped in the pale gauze of a misty afternoon, the city seemed eerily romantic to the strolling lovers
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Recent Examples of gauze
In a brief video snippet accompanying the post, Cyrus is seen in close-up staring directly into the camera while wearing what looks like surgical gauze around her chin and head as more white material is blown by a breeze around her face.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2025
In the scene, Kenia bumps her foot into a floor lamp, cracking her pedicure nail, and forcing a medic to rip the nail off and wrap the toe in gauze.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
That means trading in your breezy linens and cotton gauze for cozy cableknits, tailored button-downs, and structured denim that suits the season.
—Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2025
My world became sterile gauze, saline flushes, biohazard bins.
—Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2025
In the scene, Kenia bumps her foot into a floor lamp, cracking her pedicure nail, and forcing a medic to rip the nail off and wrap the toe in gauze.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
That means trading in your breezy linens and cotton gauze for cozy cableknits, tailored button-downs, and structured denim that suits the season.
—Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2025
My world became sterile gauze, saline flushes, biohazard bins.
—Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gauze
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Raw, sweaty, and steeped in debauchery, the track chronicles a spiral of booze, heartbreak, and nights lost in a haze of resistol fumes, all layered with his signature gritty rap flow.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
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Bees and wasps flitted together on yellow flowers, and as the day wore on, gnats clumped in beams of sunshine to make a kind of haze.—
Blair Braverman,
Outside,
6 Oct. 2025
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The Defense Secretary, meanwhile, vanishes into a personal fog, thinking only of his daughter (Kaitlyn Dever), who lives in Chicago.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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Particularly in the case of the latter two galaxies, the radio jets seem to be interacting with the intra-cluster medium, which is a thick fog of hot plasma that fills galaxy clusters, and this interaction is shaping both the jets and the radio rings.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Early morning fog will burn off shortly after sunrise and low-level foggy clouds will clear out by late morning.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
13 Oct. 2025
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The monsoon is characterized by intense heat, surges of moisture and atmospheric instability, creating clouds and storm chances in the afternoon.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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Cloudstate floats with airy softness, moving like mist, while Summercore blends presence and lightness for endless summer days.—
SJ Studio,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Oct. 2025
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Formulated with hyaluronic acid, glycerin, and the same botanical oil blend as Weleda’s iconic Skin Food Original Ultra-Rich Cream, this milky mist refreshes thirsty skin during both dry winter days and long afternoons spent in stale office air.—
Lily Wohlner,
Allure,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Gauze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gauze. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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