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Recent Examples of obfuscate Advertisement Advertisement For years now, Putin has been obfuscating how weak the Russian economy really is, by hiding and fudging the numbers. Time, 9 Aug. 2025 On the other hand, politics and emotions often obfuscate such things. Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 4 Aug. 2025 Phuong explained: The backdoor process is deliberately obfuscated by the threat actor through the use of process masquerading. Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 July 2025 Leagues often obfuscate finances during labor negotiations, but, in the case of the W.N.B.A., the numbers are particularly difficult to understand. Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 27 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for obfuscate
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confuse
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    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Others commented on the eeriness of discovering unfamiliar images in one’s personal gallery and the realization of how default app settings can confuse or alarm users.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Obfuscate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obfuscate. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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