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 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 Spare a thought for the investigators assigned to this miasma of terrible judgement. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 28 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for miasma
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  1. cloud
  2. haze
Noun
  • In enterprise cloud and software, a partnership that produces nothing gets a hard conversation inside of a quarter.
    — Omer Qureshi, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Crew members scurry over to the actors with a gardening-type tool, opening the nozzle and blowing a cloud of yellow and red dust onto us.
    — Kyle Maclachlan, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of cloud
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  • Finding out what creates the lower haze on Venus unexpectedly solved another mystery.
    — Elizabeth Rayne, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Malaysia’s haze crisis is being driven largely by forest and peat fires in neighboring Indonesia, made worse by the dry weather.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of haze

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