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as in ambiguous
having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning
somehow listeners seem to connect with the songwriter, despite his deeply personal, often opaque lyrics
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as in vague
not seen or understood clearly
an opaque remark that seemed to hint that there would be future retaliation
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as in dumb
not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily
people are sometimes rude to her, but fortunately she's too opaque to realize what's happening
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Recent Examples of opaque
Monitor Short Interest and Derivatives Activity Shortsellers often operate through opaque structures, including swaps and options.
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Tim Reynolds, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
There are many substances, such as snow, clouds, and milk, that don’t have light-absorbing pigments but are still opaque.
—Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Frosted glass has an opaque, hazy finish that provides privacy while still allowing in light.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025
There is a difference between trying to start a conversation by not stating the obvious and staying so opaque that a dialogue never even starts.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
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Tim Reynolds, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
There are many substances, such as snow, clouds, and milk, that don’t have light-absorbing pigments but are still opaque.
—Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Frosted glass has an opaque, hazy finish that provides privacy while still allowing in light.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025
There is a difference between trying to start a conversation by not stating the obvious and staying so opaque that a dialogue never even starts.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opaque
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Maybe the purposefully ambiguous coda was concocted to prove some sort of Rashomon-style truth-is-subjective point.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Oct. 2025
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While the unfinished project remains ambiguous, the viewer catches glimpses of what the plot might have been about, where Jiang's character has grown from a wandering youth to a wealthy entrepreneur.—
Yangyang Cheng,
NPR,
4 Oct. 2025
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But those conditions are vague, and largely left to interpretation, Chris Mirasola, a professor of law at The University of Houston Law Center, tells TIME.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
7 Oct. 2025
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Fans reportedly emptied out of the stadium before halftime, and after the final whistle, the 73-year-old former NFL coach was left making vague promises that his team would somehow turn the corner.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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So many of Black Rabbit’s subplots are confusing, boring, or dumb.—
Andrew Bernard,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Oct. 2025
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Luis Jauregui, a professor at UC Irvine, is an expert in quantum physics who is smart enough to describe his work in terms that are foreign to a non-scientist, yet affable enough to explain it anyway, without making any non-scientist feel dumb.—
Andre Mouchard,
Oc Register,
28 Sep. 2025
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What role did the infamous and cryptic Bob Gray play in the story?—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Oct. 2025
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Weeks before the actress officially filed for divorce, Kidman subtly alluded in a Vogue interview to what appeared to be a cryptic preview of the split.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Amid the hangover of the 0-4 start, students shuffled out their dorms, lured by free food and faint promise of school spirit at the Rose Bowl.—
Cameron Teague Robinson,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Visitors report hearing faint voices and screams when inside the room.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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When smart algorithms do stupid things But scratch beneath the surface, and the cracks start showing.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
8 Oct. 2025
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America has funded the Ukrainian government, Ukrainian pensions, and Ukrainian businesses during this entire stupid war that America should have nothing to do with.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Smithsonian Institution, which includes all the Smithsonian museums, plans to go dark after Saturday if the government shutdown continues beyond then, according to its website.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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Polselli brings a painterly gaze to scenes of quiet dread, such as a figure gradually appearing out of thick brush as two women make their way home through dark woods.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Mifsuds have invited the community to become a part of the menu curation process, by welcoming name suggestions for Six Spoke’s latest brews, like the Vernor Hazeway, a hazy IPA.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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The series has a hazy, dreamlike quality in which narrative logic bends but emotional coherence holds.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Opaque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opaque. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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