miasma

Definition of miasmanext
as in cloud
a vapor of something unpleasant or unhealthy A miasma of smog settled over the city. a miasma of foul-smelling smoke

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Recent Examples of miasma Alice, at twenty, was left to manage a household of male relations, arranging meals and flowers in a miasma of cigar smoke. Judith Thurman, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025 An evil entity called Magatsu has been spreading its miasma around the world and that has consumed mana. Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2025 Commercially confidential plans, fast-changing chip efficiency trends, self-generation and a regulatory landscape that varies with each section line are all contributing to the forecasting miasma. Diganta Sengupta, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025 In its time, however, the earlier concept of disease transmission through miasma gave people tools that could also be effective in fighting disease. The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 8 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for miasma
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Noun
  • Israel has also struck oil facilities, causing toxic, black rain to fall and thick clouds of black smoke to billow around Tehran, affecting civilians.
    Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Under a few clouds, temperatures quickly drop back below freezing outside of the Beltway this evening.
    Cutter Martin, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
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  • Dusting windshields, coating sidewalks and veiling Atlanta’s spring sunshine in a golden haze.
    Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Topics included how climate change and air pollution have greatly increased haze in the area, native Cherokee interpretations of the land, and how logging has impacted the park’s streams and fish populations, among other topics.
    Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 11 Mar. 2026

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“Miasma.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miasma. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.

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