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verb

past tense of obscure

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Recent Examples of obscured
Adjective
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
From New Zealand, up to 73% of the sun will be obscured at sunrise. Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025 In those interviews, the faces of victims were obscured to protect their identities. Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025 In the first snap, Justin could be seen making a surprised face as baby Jack partly obscured the camera with his feet in the air. Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025 And his ultimate war is with Bob, a tech CEO who rants about his haters and has gotten rich off rebranded snake oil and whose obvious corruption has been obscured by his self-mythologizing. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025 While the raid inadvertently unearthed the Ohtani-Mizuhara ordeal, the mushrooming scandal obscured a more complex, far-reaching, and ongoing drama. David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025 Graphic details of injuries emerged throughout the audio, despite some segments being obscured by radio interference. Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2025 But the headline figure obscured a modest decline in art sales. Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025 Even back then, it was well understood that the surface of Venus cannot be seen from Earth—it is perpetually obscured by a layer of clouds. David Kamp, Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obscured
Verb
  • Rather than sharing information about the change with the FAA, Boeing concealed the information and deceived the FAA about the part.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The elaborate deception also was concealed by blaming the chaos of the pandemic as well as the Hollywood labor strikes, which roiled real production cycles during this period.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Usually, Meghan has posted photos of their children with their faces blurred out, or in poses where their face is unseen.
    StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Ratti’s brand of optimism has always blurred the line between big data and surveillance, and, as a robotics pioneer, he’s also long gravitated toward the post-human, the dream of a world made and managed by machines.
    Kate Wagner, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Gray tones, blacks, murky greens, and of course, the midnight blue complete the look.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 6 Sep. 2025
  • But after that, things get murky.
    Sarah Hutter, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That means the blood-red moon will climb above the eastern horizon already darkened, creating a dramatic but challenging sight.
    Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But over the years, his halcyon memories of swimming there with family and friends have darkened to a cold, isolated present.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Kraus also had a dark backpack on her person.
    Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Lakshmi shared a photo and video of herself at the beach wearing a dark pink bikini while playing in the water.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • All four sides of the building are covered by a pattern of interlocking trapezoidal pieces that serve as a sunscreen, cooling the interior.
    Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Madsen later had an 11-yard TD run to counter the Eagles’ lone first-half scoring drive, which covered 72 yards in 10 plays.
    Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His awkward body language and soft gaze exhibit a boyish tenderness, clouded only by the erratic outbursts of his condition.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The better-than-expected results were clouded by concerns over Nvidia's future in China.
    Annie Palmer, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Defenders shot down or suppressed 112 drones, the air force said.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Until the 1960s, members of this Indigenous minority were discouraged from reindeer herding, and the church and state suppressed their language and culture.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Obscured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obscured. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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