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as in rainfalls
a light or fine rain
a mist was falling on the streets as we drove home
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as in obscures
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
the damp air misted the window pane
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Recent Examples of mists
Vogue Business Team, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2025
Its crumbling buildings swallowed by greenery are starkly beautiful and deeply eerie, even more so as the cooler seasons creep in and sea mists descend.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
The beauty bar allows shoppers to try out the brand’s bestselling fragrances, hair and body mists while being introduced to new products as well.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
The lightweight formulas of summer often need a boost, like richer creams, protective mists, and glow-boosting serums to help skin, hair, and body thrive in cooler, drier air.
—Essence, 1 Oct. 2025
And then in the hive, in the hot pink mists of our collective mind, a figure appeared.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Scent Shop your favorite category or keep scrolling for the year's favorite fragrances, body mists, and candles.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
Gone are the mattyifying mists and powders needed for humid summer days and nights.
—Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Where campsites on Angel Island offered extensive panoramic views of the East Bay, China Camp visitors sleep among tall trees that see evening mists pervade the night as turkeys and deer wander through the area.
—Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
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Under her management, the brand expanded its Sephora presence, doubled down on its You fragrance franchise (a category that has driven $100 million in sales for the brand to date, per Leahy’s note), and in June, pushed into new categories such as bodycare and mists.
—Vogue Business Team, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2025
Its crumbling buildings swallowed by greenery are starkly beautiful and deeply eerie, even more so as the cooler seasons creep in and sea mists descend.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
The beauty bar allows shoppers to try out the brand’s bestselling fragrances, hair and body mists while being introduced to new products as well.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
The lightweight formulas of summer often need a boost, like richer creams, protective mists, and glow-boosting serums to help skin, hair, and body thrive in cooler, drier air.
—Essence, 1 Oct. 2025
And then in the hive, in the hot pink mists of our collective mind, a figure appeared.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Scent Shop your favorite category or keep scrolling for the year's favorite fragrances, body mists, and candles.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
Gone are the mattyifying mists and powders needed for humid summer days and nights.
—Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Where campsites on Angel Island offered extensive panoramic views of the East Bay, China Camp visitors sleep among tall trees that see evening mists pervade the night as turkeys and deer wander through the area.
—Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mists
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During years of drought, when the water level dropped, trees grew in the lake bed, but when water returned following heavy rainfalls, the trees lost all their leaves and were just bare trunks and branches.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Dec. 2025
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The researchers analyzed tree-ring data from across Europe to see how temperatures fluctuated across the century leading up to the Black Death to better understand the massive rainfalls Bauch had seen referenced in records.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
4 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Along the way, blazes of pyrotechnics, flashes of light and hazes of smoke heightened the set’s intensity.—
Kirby Adams,
Louisville Courier Journal,
22 Sep. 2025
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However, both of these scenarios resulted in the copious production of complex organic hazes, including molecular formulas that match compounds essential to life processes such as nucleobases, sugars, amino acids, and more.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
10 Sep. 2025
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In this way, Berlin and New York were linked as though through an imaginary tunnel that gave passage to the hidden or half-glimpsed sexualities that heteropatriarchy silences and obscures.—
Javier Montes,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2026
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This deliberately obscures the possibility that some victims were lactating female bears — and for every dead mother, there was probably at least one cub in danger of dying from starvation.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Jan. 2026
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Barresi and Cuellar hold each other up with palpable tenderness, each one crafting a long, poignant arc from innocence through the fogs and thorns of experience.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
21 Nov. 2025
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About Modern Work Spaces Hackl says that efficient workflows are still the primary goal, but the concept has changed in a way that blurs the lines of the classic three-sided shape.—
Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Jan. 2026
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Squire’s story blurs ideological lines.—
Emily Brindley,
Dallas Morning News,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Donut enthusiasts, don't despair—of course, Dunkin' capitalized on the double entendre of Munchkins, giving the donut brand's Old Fashioned Glazed Munchkins a makeover with the addition of pink and green sprinkles.—
Maddie Topliff,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Nov. 2025
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It is made of soft sugar cookie pieces, icing and sprinkles all blended with soft serve ice cream.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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That said, don’t wait for perfectly clear skies to head into the hills – even in bright, sunny weather, the Matterhorn loves playing peek-a-boo behind the clouds.—
Rick Steves,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Expect a blanket of low stratus clouds and some patchy dense fog Tuesday morning, but skies should begin clearing around lunchtime.—
Mary Wasson,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Every night from January 2 – 4, the super Wolf Moon can be seen in the eastern sky as the sky darkens, rising higher and moving southward as midnight draws near, according to BBC Sky at Night Magazine.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
2 Jan. 2026
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Ash-like material darkens the air, coming out of the giant cracks in the world Vecna ripped open by using the lives of four people, including the now-comatose Max, to open four gates from the Upside Down.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
26 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Mists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mists. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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