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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as in gossamer
being of a material lacking in sturdiness or substance
gauzy spiderwebs
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as in sheer
very thin and easy to see through
gauzy curtains that let plenty of light through
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as in vague
not seen or understood clearly
I have only a gauzy recollection of those long-ago events
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as in hazy
filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension
the valley was bathed in the soft gauzy light of an October morn
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Recent Examples of gauze
CBS News, 31 May 2026
Cotton gauze, jersey and silk were joined by linen with a denim-like look, knits and poplin to balance the lightweight collection with more structured pieces.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 22 May 2026
Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2026
In ’50s England, her professional academic lesbian shows up in a provocatively sexy outfit with a gauzy bodice.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Joe couldn't stub his toe without ten people wanting to run at him waving bales of gauze.
—CBS News, 31 May 2026
Cotton gauze, jersey and silk were joined by linen with a denim-like look, knits and poplin to balance the lightweight collection with more structured pieces.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 22 May 2026
Adjective
These aren’t just gauzy tales from the past.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2026
In ’50s England, her professional academic lesbian shows up in a provocatively sexy outfit with a gauzy bodice.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gauze
Noun
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Dabbing the cloth in rubbing alcohol, working away the dirty blots on the glass, waiting for the haze in my head to focus, and a new line to come to me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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There’s also a slight haze effect across the image as the front camera struggles to handle the overhead fluorescent lighting.—
Kimberly Gedeon,
PC Magazine,
2 June 2026
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Olney says more than half the growers Ridge buys zinfandel grapes from have names ending in ‘i,’ including Pagani, which is in a little bowl south of Kenwood where the fog comes in.—
Laura Ness,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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There is snow on the mountains, dense fog that blankets crops in the fall, giving life to wine-country grapes, fires in the dry season and the occasional earthquake.—
Zinzi Clemmons,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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By Tuesday morning, crews reported the blaze was 20% contained after cooler weather and clouds gave crews the upper hand in fighting the flames.—
Reeti Malhotra,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2026
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The expectant father, who shot a makeshift target that exploded into a blue cloud, igniting the surrounding brush, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor violation of US Forest Service regulations and was ordered to pay restitution for the damages.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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This is about an unmarked stretch of I-90E, somewhere around the 47th parallel north in Washington State, where the mist briefly parted.—
C Pam Zhang,
Travel + Leisure,
11 June 2026
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Use a fine-mist spray setting to minimize runoff, and limit applications to once every seven days to prevent blocking of photosynthesis.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
11 June 2026
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“Gauze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gauze. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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