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as in misty
filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension
hazy skies made it dangerous to fly the hazy sunshine so common in August
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as in clouded
covered over by clouds
when taking landscape photographs, compensate for dull, hazy skies by emphasizing colorful features on the ground
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as in vague
not seen or understood clearly
the meaning of "you should" here is hazy—does it mean "you are strongly urged" or "you are commanded"?
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Recent Examples of hazy
Within moments, someone pointed out a starling flitting across the hazy sky.
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Evgenia Anastasakos,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
It was adorned with a hazy layer of yellow mesh.
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Meg Walters,
InStyle,
17 June 2026
This has triggered criticism, an apparent training-ground row and, remarkably, an Mbappe Fuera (Mbappe Out) petition which claims to have collected 96 million signatures — even if the capturing and methodology on that one is hazy, to put it mildly.
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Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
The galaxy has low surface brightness, so the stars in the image's background appear faint and almost hazy.
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Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
15 June 2026
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Evgenia Anastasakos,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
It was adorned with a hazy layer of yellow mesh.
—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
17 June 2026
This has triggered criticism, an apparent training-ground row and, remarkably, an Mbappe Fuera (Mbappe Out) petition which claims to have collected 96 million signatures — even if the capturing and methodology on that one is hazy, to put it mildly.
—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
The galaxy has low surface brightness, so the stars in the image's background appear faint and almost hazy.
—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
15 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hazy
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The lushly green Canary Island is a haven for trekkers, with more than 300 miles of walking trails lacing over mountains and through misty subtropical rain forest.
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Ciudad Perdida, Colombia Hidden deep within the misty peaks of Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the ancient city of Teyuna—better known as Ciudad Perdida—is one of South America’s most extraordinary archaeological sites.
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Within days of the pool being refilled in early June, the water had turned green and algae-clouded amid a heat wave in Washington, DC that saw temperatures reach 100 degrees.
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Smoke clouded swaths of Los Angeles for a sixth day Monday, after a fire broke out at a warehouse in the Boyle Heights area.
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Critics say Burnham’s politics are vague and fail to grapple with tough issues, such as where the money will come from to pay for his pledges.
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The truth is that the entire premise of the Cybercab rests on the promise of true autonomous operation, and that's the part that remains frustratingly vague.
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The details remain murky, but the investment fund would be financed privately and not by US taxpayers, according to the administration.
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For a predator that relies on sight and fast reaction distances in shallow water, murky conditions can alter the entire hunting landscape and prey may become harder to detect.
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She’s talked up her push to convert darkened streetlights, many of them stripped of their copper wire, to solar power.
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In the darkened foyer, Ember contemplated this unassuming bit of paper, momentarily paralyzed by a mixture of dread and excitement stirred together, an overpowering sensation that oozed from the crown of her head, down the length of her body, then hardened, like a soft golden resin becoming solid.
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Single dishes tend to be more sensitive and able to pick up faint radio waves from deeper in the cosmos, but radio arrays with many dishes tend to capture much sharper images.
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However, this new research showed that these point sources, including pulsars, would be extremely faint, and that is good news for scientists who favor annihilating dark matter as the cause of these gamma rays.
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Most riders understand why the trip costs more on a rainy Friday afternoon than on a quiet Sunday morning; adjusting prices for weather, traffic, or supply is a transparent way to balance a market.
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The rainy season in South Florida attracts more amphibious jumpers to home yards — and every pet owner should fear one kind.
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Mostly cloudy skies will remain in place through Friday night.
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Dransfield suspects these fluffy, wispy worlds are probably white or blue, depending on whether the skies there are cloudy — no shades of cotton-candy pink.
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“Hazy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hazy. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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