1
as in concealing
to keep secret or shut off from view
the investigative reporters obscured their real motives for visiting the company by pretending the story was about something else
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as in blurring
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
when it isn't obscured by smog, the view of the city from the observatory can be spectacular
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Recent Examples of obscuring
Meanwhile, this past weekend, reports emerged that two American military cargo jets deported people to Africa on flights that appear to have had their transponders turned off, preventing tracking by obscuring their locations from public flight databases and other nearby aircraft.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
Differential privacy introduces controlled noise or randomness to datasets, obscuring individual details while maintaining collective patterns.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2025
Almost all of these skull caps date back to the Late Cretaceous, when pachycephalosaurs were already established across the Northern Hemisphere, obscuring the group’s early evolution.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2025
Like the rest of the Yummy Skin line, the formula features Upsalite technology, which is a mixture of magnesium carbonate, great for soaking up oils, and marine algae, for obscuring pores.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
The result is a myth that equates freedom with consumption, while obscuring the vast social, ecological, and economic costs imposed on everyone else.
—Henrietta Moore, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
Julia asked, cradling the earthenware pot to her chest, the fronds obscuring her face.
—T. Coraghessan Boyle, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
The distance blur can also be dramatic, obscuring your view of what’s to come and essentially hiding its beauty.
—Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Then there’s a period where addiction is obscuring whatever that initial wound is.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Sep. 2025
Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
Differential privacy introduces controlled noise or randomness to datasets, obscuring individual details while maintaining collective patterns.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2025
Almost all of these skull caps date back to the Late Cretaceous, when pachycephalosaurs were already established across the Northern Hemisphere, obscuring the group’s early evolution.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2025
Like the rest of the Yummy Skin line, the formula features Upsalite technology, which is a mixture of magnesium carbonate, great for soaking up oils, and marine algae, for obscuring pores.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
The result is a myth that equates freedom with consumption, while obscuring the vast social, ecological, and economic costs imposed on everyone else.
—Henrietta Moore, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
Julia asked, cradling the earthenware pot to her chest, the fronds obscuring her face.
—T. Coraghessan Boyle, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
The distance blur can also be dramatic, obscuring your view of what’s to come and essentially hiding its beauty.
—Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Then there’s a period where addiction is obscuring whatever that initial wound is.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obscuring
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Narcissistic kindness can take many forms, and some narcissists may be more skilled at concealing their real motives than others.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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Elsewhere during the interview, Newsom discussed California’s new state law that bans members of ICE from concealing their identities while on duty and the importance of maintaining electoral integrity.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
24 Sep. 2025
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Just a day later, on October 22, Neptune retrograde slips back into numinous Pisces, peeling away illusions while blurring the lines between fantasy and reality.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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Posters on view in the show reveal how Mussolini turned to art and advertising to reiterate and spread his cause, blurring lines between propaganda and art.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Then, in the early 2010s, fracking and horizontal drilling technology unlocked the deposits hiding in the shale bed and unleashed vast wealth that went beyond the county residents’ wildest dreams.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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The former high school football player who killed four people inside a Manhattan office tower that houses the headquarters of the NFL, and who blamed the league for hiding the dangers of brain injuries, was suffering from the degenerative brain disease CTE, a city medical examiner said Friday.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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Other Mommy is described as a supernatural trip into the darkening world of a young girl as her family, and their home, are haunted by a sinister entity that is determined to take up residence inside her.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
16 Sep. 2025
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The resulting scorching ash cloud reached as high as 16 miles into the atmosphere, darkening the sky and causing homes and businesses as far as 300 miles away to close.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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Welcome to Path to Playoff, the USA TODAY Sports newsletter covering all things college football and the chase for this year's national championship.—
Erick Smith,
USA Today,
22 Sep. 2025
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In a 2017 study, reproductive-age women correctly answered an average of only about 16 out of 29 fertility questions, covering topics such as the percentage of pregnancies that end in miscarriage and the lifestyle factors that decrease fertility.—
Olga Khazan,
The Atlantic,
21 Sep. 2025
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The lenses of deep-sea fish are also especially susceptible to clouding, in the same way that egg whites go from clear to opaque when hard-boiled.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
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Gordon gives examples of self-affirmations--facts to say to yourself when feelings of doubt are clouding them--that are science-backed, too.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Both partners commit to naming insecurities directly rather than disguising them as tests.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Applying coconut or walnut oil can go a long way towards disguising white scratches.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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High-Heat-Safe Alternatives While enameled cast-iron cookware is excellent to use for braising, roasting, baking, or gentle stovetop cooking, certain high heat applications like searing steak or blackening fish are best done in other types of pans, like traditional cast iron or stainless steel.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
10 Sep. 2025
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Each footstep sent up clouds of dust and ash, coating everything, including my mouth and teeth, in fine grit, blackening my snot and saliva.—
River Selby
August 25,
Literary Hub,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Obscuring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obscuring. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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