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to make (something) unclear to the understanding
irrelevant matters that only serve to obfuscate the fundamental issue of guilt or innocence
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Recent Examples of obfuscated
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
1 June 2026
The initial script is heavily obfuscated to avoid detection by antivirus tools.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
17 Jan. 2026
Crucially, there are real-world exploits like University of California, San Diego’s (UCSD) Imprompter, which had nearly an 80% success rate in extracting personal data via obfuscated prompts.
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Camellia Chan,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
From here, things get hazy because the details are missing—or at least highly obfuscated.
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Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2026
No wonder the numbers are obfuscated.
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U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
Crypto transactions are recorded on a ledger that anyone can see and cannot be altered or obfuscated.
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Nic Puckrin,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
Every moment of euphoria is obfuscated by distortion, every pop impulse is undercut by squealing dissonance.
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Colin Joyce,
Pitchfork,
18 Mar. 2026
At points, smoke obfuscated everyone on stage except for Reznor — who didn’t speak to the crowd except to introduce the touring band.
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Jake Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Mar. 2026
So their needs may be obfuscated, obscured even, from them!
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Big Think,
10 Feb. 2026
Though some investors like lottery winner Edwin Castro have made headlines by purchasing multiple lots, the process is largely opaque and the names of the buyers are obfuscated by limited liability companies, or LLCs, Fairweather said.
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Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
The packages execute an obfuscated payload that can run during the npm install process, which occurs before a developer imports or actually uses the package in a production environment.
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Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
1 June 2026
The initial script is heavily obfuscated to avoid detection by antivirus tools.
—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
17 Jan. 2026
Crucially, there are real-world exploits like University of California, San Diego’s (UCSD) Imprompter, which had nearly an 80% success rate in extracting personal data via obfuscated prompts.
—
Camellia Chan,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
As in the plays of William Shakespeare, Stoppard’s authorial point of view was intentionally obfuscated.
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Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
From here, things get hazy because the details are missing—or at least highly obfuscated.
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Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2026
No wonder the numbers are obfuscated.
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U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
Crypto transactions are recorded on a ledger that anyone can see and cannot be altered or obfuscated.
—
Nic Puckrin,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
Every moment of euphoria is obfuscated by distortion, every pop impulse is undercut by squealing dissonance.
—
Colin Joyce,
Pitchfork,
18 Mar. 2026
At points, smoke obfuscated everyone on stage except for Reznor — who didn’t speak to the crowd except to introduce the touring band.
—
Jake Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Mar. 2026
So their needs may be obfuscated, obscured even, from them!
—
Big Think,
10 Feb. 2026
Though some investors like lottery winner Edwin Castro have made headlines by purchasing multiple lots, the process is largely opaque and the names of the buyers are obfuscated by limited liability companies, or LLCs, Fairweather said.
—
Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obfuscated
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Vermeule—a former clerk for Scalia—proposes that conservatives should read the Constitution’s ambiguous phrases and general structure in an openly moral way, drawing on principles grounded in the nature and purposes of government.
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Without a unified, clean, and accessible data structure, AI outputs quickly become ambiguous, hallucinated, and diluted, deepening the clarity crisis rather than resolving it.
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Narcissism should never be confused with the healthy form of philautia, a unique Greek philosophy of self-love.
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One workshop is a Mindful Archery class, not to be confused with her other course Meditative Archery, which involves Jungian journaling; and there’s a one-on-one archery session with spiritual guidance.
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His doctors speculated his infection might have been a rare case of cryptic transmission from sharing meals and bathrooms with his coworkers, one of whom apparently had a tapeworm infection.
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The Drama stirred debate on social media over its cryptic marketing campaign that did not directly divulge the main focus of the film.
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Today, however, algorithmic feeds have increasingly blurred the boundaries between tween and adult style.
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The concept has overwhelmingly blurred the lines between professional and personal hours for physicians, overburdening an already tenuous workforce.
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When that’s not enough, Google may add random noise to the data that can further obscure identities.
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This seems, if anything, deliberately obscure.
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Robinson’s value is complicated, as the elite rim protector and offensive rebounder has a history of ankle surgeries, and he’s been played off of the court in the postseason due to his free-throw-shooting deficiencies.
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Why Employees Still Struggle With Open Enrollment Benefits language is inherently complicated, and most employees aren't insurance experts.
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Beulah's spurned heir Joaquin (Juan Pablo Raba) calls up the mysterious Mariana (Raoul Max Trujillo) to help with his many problems, which include his ranch-usurping half-brother Rob-Will and those Duttons from Montana.
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Nicolas Winding Refn’s audacious return to feature filmmaking is a gorgeous, mysterious act of cinema, sensorial and transgressive, that demands to be experienced on its own terms.
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Yet whether van Dijk will still be in uniform in 2030 is unclear, making this a chance the Netherlands can’t afford to lose.
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Any plan for data retention policies remains troublingly unclear, and there’s seemingly been no privacy impact assessment weighing the privacy implications of centralizing so much sensitive data in the White House, the Guardian reported.
Cite this Entry
“Obfuscated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obfuscated. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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