obnubilated

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obnubilated
Adjective
  • For a safer outdoor work environment, follow the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)'s guidance by scheduling regular rest breaks in shaded or air-conditioned places.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 18 June 2026
  • The rugged terrain of the Appalachian Mountains creates cool, wet forests, shaded hollows, caves, ponds and streams.
    Torben Rick, The Conversation, 18 June 2026
Adjective
  • Though editor Yorgos Mavropsaridis (a Yorgos Lanthimos regular) cuts the film with brisk concision, there’s also a welcome temporal elasticity here — the sense that life can change in the blink of an eye, but also stall for undefined passages.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 19 June 2026
  • The city and the Stars will discuss further plans for the arena and the district through their undefined negotiation period.
    Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 10 June 2026
Adjective
  • Kentucky lawmakers will likely let our columnist Joe Gerth down again by overriding the veto of a bill that would allow 18-, 19- and 20-year-olds to carry concealed guns.
    Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Watch it for its skin-deep enticement, its powerful visual devices, but also its concealed malignancy.
    Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • According to their study published in the Journal of Food Engineering, firing ultrasonic soundwaves into room temperature water makes equally strong and flavorful espresso shots that are indistinguishable from the traditional morning fuel.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 11 June 2026
  • People with borderline personality disorder often feel other people’s emotions so deeply that those feelings become indistinguishable from their own.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 11 June 2026
Adjective
  • For a coach who has enjoyed the level of success Tortorella has with Vegas, the answer is unusually clouded.
    Jesse Granger, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • The last years of his life were sort of clouded by that.
    John Blake, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
Adjective
  • George recalled that the weather was foggy and Dave, who was a pilot for Delta, had expressed concern about the conditions.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
  • Locals believed the city’s cool, foggy climate nurtured a unique strain of wild yeast—a theory since debunked.
    Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 8 June 2026
Adjective
  • Swift-Kelce wedding Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding plans remain shrouded in secrecy.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 10 June 2026
  • When miscarriage remains shrouded in secrecy and shame, people experience their loss and grief alone and, too often, in unnecessary fear.
    Dara Kass, Time, 9 June 2026
Adjective
  • Folks along the coast have felt this as a deep, persistent, cloudy and breezy marine layer that has kept some spots on the west side of San Francisco into the 50s these past few days.
    Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2026
  • Next chance of showers returns by Sunday evening Several weak disturbances will traverse the Upper Ohio Valley, leading to partly cloudy skies, but with deep moisture scoured out, rain chances will be absent for the most part Friday through Sunday afternoon.
    Trey Fulbright, CBS News, 17 June 2026
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“Obnubilated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obnubilated. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.

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