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 the bubble of white gauze that enclosed the airboat, all that was visible of the vast river were a few feet of scrolling gray water at the tip of the bow.
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Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
And so the people of Hiroshima today are walking through the forlorn desolation of their once proud city with gauze masks over their mouths and noses.
—Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
My world became sterile gauze, saline flushes, biohazard bins.
—Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Fog wraps the cliffs like gauze.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2025
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Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
And so the people of Hiroshima today are walking through the forlorn desolation of their once proud city with gauze masks over their mouths and noses.
—Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
My world became sterile gauze, saline flushes, biohazard bins.
—Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Fog wraps the cliffs like gauze.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gauze
Noun
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Around them, disco lights spill out from beneath a motorhome, piercing the haze from flares and exhaust fumes.—
Jonathan Hawkins,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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Could some of these haze-rich exoplanets have something remarkable within their atmospheres?—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Citations for not having headlights on during rain, fog or smoke and for not wearing a seatbelt were also dismissed.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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In the summer of 2025, the Faroes experienced a heat wave of sorts, with temperatures up to the low twenties (Celsius) and several days of almost no rain and fog only in the morning.—
Mattias Goldmann,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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This path is for the organization that values neutrality and wants to manage all cloud providers as interchangeable resources.—
Serge Lucio,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Rather than let his boy be torn apart by terrible creatures in the mist, David uses a gun to mercy-kill them all and screams in anguish because there isn't a bullet left for him.—
James Grebey,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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The iPhone 17s will be available in five colors (black, lavender, mist blue, sage and white) and iPhone Air will be available in four finishes (space black, cloud white, light gold and sky blue).—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Gauze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gauze. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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