variants
or obscurantic
as in shadowy
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obscurant
Adjective
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One frustrating element of Lamar’s production was difficulty seeing him in between shadowy lighting despite the Mission Control assembly of soundboards and video monitors at the back of the stadium floor.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025 -
Details in light and shadowy areas are sharp, though the Pixel 8 Pro renders a bit more detail here.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The play is now set in a purposely indistinct time period.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
2 Mar. 2025
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Often, the ad is for an indistinct mobile game featuring a woman with a freezing baby who must choose between spending her fifty gold coins on either building a working fireplace or repairing a broken window that’s letting in an icy breeze.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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First responders took about 90 minutes to locate the wreckage due to high winds and foggy conditions.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
18 Apr. 2025
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The advisory is in effect until 10 a.m. Driving in foggy conditions A dense fog advisory is issued by your local National Weather Service office when widespread dense fog develops.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The reasons for her travels—whether to marry a man at her father’s behest or to undertake a pilgrimage to Rome—are hazy.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
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The details of the bet have become hazy in the intervening 35 years.—
Leila Sloman,
Quanta Magazine,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The present-day Affleck and titular accountant from The Accountant 2 seems to briefly reach out and touch the Sad Affleck of days of yore in this final memory, his eyes almost misty and voice quiet.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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Today, its entire world has shrunk to the cool, misty canopy of the Alakaʻi Plateau.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The Accountant 2, arriving this week some eight long years after the original, does not earn even that faintest of praise.—
A.A. Dowd,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2025
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Subtle minerality and a light floral touch on the nose give way to a peppery palate, finishing short but clean with faint cereal warmth and crisp simplicity.—
Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Though the sisters have indistinguishable hairstyles, Davis instills her characters with completely distinct personalities without being over-the-top about it, in ways only a master can.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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Yet at the same time, the bears that did once live there were genetically indistinguishable from those that now inhabit the Northern Rockies, the researchers noted.—
Sharon Udasin,
The Hill,
16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The two groups meet on a muddy basketball court, and fight.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Apr. 2025
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She’s worn her pair over muddy trails, through waterfalls, and more.—
Sara Coughlin,
SELF,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Obscurant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obscurant. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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