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as in rainfall
a light or fine rain
a mist was falling on the streets as we drove home
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as in to obscure
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
the damp air misted the window pane
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Recent Examples of mist
Jenny Berg, Vogue, 2 June 2025
Add on layers of the fine mist for more control and hold.
—Lisa Desantis, Glamour, 2 June 2025
Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 4 June 2025
Make sure the soil is continuously damp, and mist the cutting regularly to minimize dehydration and maximize humidity.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The fine mist ensures a mess-free application and zero transfer onto clothes and sheets.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 2 June 2025
Add on layers of the fine mist for more control and hold.
—Lisa Desantis, Glamour, 2 June 2025
Verb
Drones will monitor crowds and deliver medicine, while misting systems, shaded walkways, and hundreds of new water stations have been added.
—Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 4 June 2025
Make sure the soil is continuously damp, and mist the cutting regularly to minimize dehydration and maximize humidity.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mist
Noun
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See photo gallery: Photos show impact of Hurricane Erick after landfall along Mexico Pacific coast The activity was due in part to a large-scale climate pattern known as the Madden-Julian Oscillation, which is an eastward-moving disturbance of clouds, rainfall, winds, and pressure.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
22 June 2025
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Additional locations may experience flooding during periods of heavy rainfall, high winds, or other factors.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
21 June 2025
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Navigating a business through economic uncertainty can feel like driving at night on an unfamiliar road as the fog rolls in.—
Anita Nelson,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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An international team of astronomers now suggests this signal could be used to determine how light from the first stars interacted with this cosmic fog, helping to lift it.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
24 June 2025
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Her work whispers, glimmers, and unsettles—not to obscure the past, but to seed something new from its soil.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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Norris says the location is an especially difficult terrain to conduct a search in because the trees and shrubbery can obscure the view of where bullets are coming from.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
30 June 2025
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Hagens played with pace and skill, but also with a sprinkle of deference to Leonard and Perreault, his older top-line partners.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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Products in As ever’s first ever drop included flower sprinkles, cookies, jam and more.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
People.com,
20 June 2025
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The Aries moon inspires you while also casting an illusory haze.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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The thick, white smoky haze that increased north and east of the city was primarily the result of wildland fires in New Jersey and Canada, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department, which alerted residents to the cause and also sought to ease the alarm.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
14 June 2025
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Kurt’s key takeaways Meta’s decision to turn chatbot prompts into social content has blurred the line between private and public in a way that catches many users off guard.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2025
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As tokenized investing becomes a tangible reality for millions, the lines between centralized brokerages and decentralized protocols are blurring—setting a high bar for the next generation of financial platforms.—
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The announcement appeared alongside a photo of a pancake stack topped with raspberries and a drizzle of honey, set on an inviting outdoor table.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
20 June 2025
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Thousands of spectators lined a stretch of Constitution Avenue in an off-and-on drizzle to applaud a slow-moving procession of troops, tanks, drones, a robot dog and a real dog marking the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
16 June 2025
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Even so, the skies over Central Florida will be busy with more than just rain clouds this week.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 June 2025
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This mix of spending discipline and sustainable cloud growth should enable Oracle to post accelerating earnings growth starting in 2027, Reback added.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
30 June 2025
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“Mist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mist. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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