miasma

noun

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 The miasma of truth and fiction can become dense. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 25 June 2026 Up in the attic, a melty miasma smothers the thick winter coats, which hurt me to even look at. — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 15 June 2026 Over sunny instrumentation, Rhys flits back and forth between English and Welsh in what feels like a nonsensical miasma of free association. — David Harris, SPIN, 4 May 2026 The watery consommé subsumed what few masa dumplings swam their lonesome swirls in the bowl, with cobs of corn left like derelict buoys in the sloppy orange miasma. — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for miasma
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  1. cloud
  2. haze
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  • The 23-year-old musician first broke through as a teenager in 2020, with a string of emo-cloud-rap singles.
    — Aimee Cliff, Pitchfork, 11 Nov. 2026
  • That humid air holds more rain for thunderstorm clouds to squeeze out.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of cloud
Noun
  • Their collective mission is to give generations of American kids raised with an iPad and schooled with a Chromebook an escape hatch — out of the disorienting blue haze and into the rushing, cool air of the real world.
    — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 13 Nov. 2026
  • The result is a thick haze that can linger over the capital and surrounding areas for days.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of haze

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