miasmas

variants also miasmata
plural of miasma
as in clouds
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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clouds
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  • Now, Fedorov’s abrupt, surprise dismissal is casting jet-black clouds over Ukraine’s metamorphosis into a super-tech fighting force.
    Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • That’s because previous CPUs for clouds from Intel and AMD focused on core count, but Nvidia’s chip and Olympus core focuses on single-core speed instead, Nvidia said.
    Kif Leswing, CNBC, 21 July 2026
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“Miasmas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miasmas. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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