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Recent Examples of smoggy One is an orbiter, looking for the best places to find life on Titan in greater detail than before, while the other would place an actual drone into Titan’s atmosphere to explore the smoggy world. John Wenz, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2017 Replacing gas-guzzlers with electric cars may also alleviate smoggy skies over Los Angeles and other urban centers, state leaders hope. Dino Grandoni and Evan Halper, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2022 That isn’t the only reason to buy electric, which we were reminded of during a particularly smoggy day last week. New York Times, 23 Mar. 2022 Ten years ago, the sky was more likely to be a smoggy brown-gray at this time of year, stained by pollution from industry and heating. New York Times, 18 Feb. 2022 See All Example Sentences for smoggy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoggy
Adjective
  • Exercisers and health experts are asking whether the benefits of outdoor exercise are negated when the skies are hazy with wildfire smoke.
    John C. Quindry, The Conversation, 10 July 2025
  • The Milky Way is our home galaxy, a vast spiral of stars, dust and cosmic wonder stretching across the sky like a hazy, glowing river.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
Adjective
  • On our radar: the best pair of leggings on the market in a misty blue, relaxed T-shirts, and the brand’s ever-popular belt bag, which almost never goes below $30.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 14 July 2025
  • From misty forests in the Pacific Northwest to crimson mesas in the Utah desert, here are seven stunning spots to glamp this summer.
    Brittany Anas, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Adjective
  • For others, a pattern of cool, rainy spring weekends delayed planting!
    Heather Zidack, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2025
  • The break in rainy, stormy conditions comes after flash flooding continued to threaten recovery efforts through Wednesday night.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • Anton and his second wife adopted Jean sometime during the Depression, but the details are murky.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
  • While the Celtics have made a couple of small additions, the future is still a bit murky.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025
Adjective
  • The advisory is in effect until 9 a.m. Driving in foggy conditions A dense fog advisory is issued by your local National Weather Service office when widespread dense fog develops.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 11 July 2025
  • In the bathroom, officers found a bathtub full of grey, foggy water and a toilet with mold and maggots moving along its base.
    Thomas B. Langhorne, IndyStar, 9 July 2025

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“Smoggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoggy. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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