obscureness

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Noun
  • That ambiguity has encouraged some investors and companies to believe that the era of geopolitics dominating cross-border economic activity may be receding.
    Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The letter also argued that the policy’s ambiguity violated the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution, which guarantees the right to due process before being deprived of liberty or property by the government.
    Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Comcast’s cable broadband does not rank well in customer-satisfaction surveys; the company’s own executives have admitted to the complexity and opacity of its residential plans.
    Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The filings in the weeks since the election have cut through some of that opacity and shown AIPAC’s allies’ leading role in a surge of outside Congressional primary spending that reached an unprecedented level this cycle.
    Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The Cubs did not officially make a roster move to add Riley to their active roster because of the murkiness of whether the game would be played.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Mahan and Villaraigosa are the only two Democrats who have publicly called to roll back regulations on the state’s oil and gas market, illustrating the political murkiness at the nexus of California’s climate and affordability challenges.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • After releasing two alluringly atmospheric final albums, Frozen and Notes Campfire, on a tiny German label, Souled American essentially vanished by the late ’90s, their discography sliding into out-of-print obscurity.
    Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Aerosmith producer Jack Douglas rescued the group from obscurity after catching Cheap Trick’s act at a bowling alley in Waukesha, Wis.
    Marc Ballon, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Obscureness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obscureness. Accessed 4 May. 2026.

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