obnubilated

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obnubilated
Adjective
  • Shield carved pumpkins from direct sunlight and extreme temperatures, storing them in a cool, shaded area when possible.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2025
  • After meeting with city officials, the festival added more water stations and shaded areas.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But with many terms still undefined, small business owners must be nimble—leveraging digital tools, planning for financial flexibility, and preparing for multiple scenarios to stay ahead.
    Eric Youngstrom, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The two nations maintain a heavy military presence along their 2,100-mile (3,379-kilometer) de facto border, known as the Line of Actual Control (LAC) – a boundary that remains undefined and has been a persistent source of friction since their bloody 1962 war.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • These optical qualities mean the coating can generate clean energy while keeping the glass clear and natural-looking, and ensure that windows remain visually indistinguishable from ordinary glass.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The video tracks their growth together but by 11 months, the brothers are virtually indistinguishable in size, despite being just over 16 months apart.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Post-pandemic immigration surges, followed by stricter enforcement, distorted many traditional labor-market signals and clouded real-time interpretation of headline statistics.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
  • When the cornea is clouded or scarred, the pathway is blocked even if the retina itself is healthy.
    Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • MacCallum House, set in a historic Victorian, makes for a cozy stop on a foggy night.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The show preys on the audience’s foggy memory, leading us into a gray area where both Laura and Cherry are to blame for the show’s cliffhanger events.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Applebee’s recently managed its first quarter of same-store sales growth after eight consecutive declines, a faint improvement, but one that pales in comparison to the surge at Chili’s or the steady gains at Olive Garden.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • This leads to signals that are often faint, easily drowned out by background noise, and difficult to isolate in complex biological environments such as blood or tissue.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The order’s ritual involving skeletons remains shrouded in mystery to this day, but Penny Castle, grand secretary for the Grand Lodge of Ohio, told The Cincinnati Enquirer in 2022 that bones are used in ceremonies to remind people of their own mortality.
    Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Some of the cast remain shrouded in mystery.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But then some very tantalizing material moves in next door, in the shadowy figure of Nile Jarvis (Rhys), a famous real estate mogul who may or may not have killed his wife.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • My ability to be here in this body, in this world, in this life, and in relation to everything has increased, and there’s more allowance for those shadowy worlds.
    Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Obnubilated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obnubilated. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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