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verb

past tense of obscure

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Recent Examples of obscured
Adjective
Members of Detroit’s police oversight board are calling for changes to how the department initiates minor stops after two recent police shootings that began with stops for drinking in a parking lot and an obscured license plate. Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 24 Oct. 2025 In these books, the world-building is fantastical, fable-esque, or detail-obscured. Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025 By tracing a genealogy of conjure, Stewart also seeks to reveal many obscured contributions of Black women to American history. Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025 How different this trip would have been in the pre-GPS era, when the obscured road sign at one intersection would likely have sent me off track. IEEE Spectrum, 19 Apr. 2018
Verb
One’s identity was obscured; the other two were Shelley Silver and Barbara Ozer, David’s mother. Steve Belanger, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025 However, by creating sharp boundaries, the schema obscured the subtleties of what happened between them. Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025 Instead, two wannabe criminals, with their faces obscured by pantyhose, simply walk into the local art museum and rip the paintings right off the walls. Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Oct. 2025 The New York Times and other outlets previously reported that Cuomo’s team obscured the full toll during the height of the crisis. Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025 With my sight obscured, the aromas practically bounce out of the glass and into my nostrils. Aislyn Greene, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025 But One Day in October holds up Taasa’s grief like a blinding torch, so bright and overwhelming that the thousands of grieving parents who live mere miles from her have been obscured. Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025 The stars themselves are bestowed by anonymous inspectors who briefly appear on camera, but whose names, faces, and even voices are completely obscured. Laurie Woolever, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025 According to a police report, the officer initially stopped him because his license plate cover obscured the plate information, which is prohibited in Arkansas. Kimmy Yam, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obscured
Adjective
  • Over the weekend, around 16,000 people paid their respects to the designer at his funeral chamber at the Armani Teatro designed by Tadao Ando, filled with white flowers and paper lanterns on the floor in a diagonal grid formation dimly lit up the darkened venue.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Beyond the housing units that concealed this bloody event, a truck rumbled along the road, a basketball bounced, children squealed, the sounds foreign, from another world.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Prosecutors also alleged Friday that between December 2024 and September 2025, Blain destroyed or concealed city communications that were public records subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act.
    Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But the lines are becoming increasingly blurred in numerous other controversies that have fomented since Kirk’s death.
    Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Based on legal proceedings and real investigations, The Monster of Florence revisits one of Italy’s darkest chapters through the eyes of those accused over the years—the possible monsters—exposing how hysteria and speculation blurred the line between truth and myth.
    Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The Philadelphia 76ers' immediate and medium-term future looked murky coming into this season.
    Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Still, Kenya’s longer-term political outlook just got a lot murkier, as the scramble to win over Odinga’s supporters will intensify in the months ahead.
    Ian Bremmer, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Judgment clouded by the mania of macros.
    Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Gone is the cynicism that clouded the Biden era.
    Faisal J. Abbas, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Prince Harry wore a black blazer over a white T-shirt with dark pants.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Its legs are a similar pale yellow color covered with irregular black and dark-brown markings, according to Omelko.
    Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The living room walls in Paulsen’s home are covered in framed photos of Kelly and their kids.
    Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Smart-casual works almost everywhere, but dress modestly (elbows, knees covered) in heritage spots.
    Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • On Sunday, Cleveland Browns star Myles Garrett put together one of the greatest individual performances in recent memory that was unfortunately overshadowed by his team's lackluster performance on the offensive side of the ball.
    Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Meghan’s been trying to establish herself as a cultural powerhouse, but Victoria’s documentary has completely overshadowed her.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 27 Oct. 2025

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“Obscured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obscured. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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