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Recent Examples of turbidity
Jurado said that pollution and turbidity in the spillway discharge is a concern, too.
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Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 23 May 2026
Cordell from Yuba Water Agency said initial field checks near the incident showed high turbidity, or cloudy water, and that other water quality samples have been sent to a lab for analysis.
—Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Years later, those breaks were used to confirm the existence of underwater landslides known as turbidity currents.
—PC Magazine, 3 Dec. 2025
Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 23 May 2026
Cordell from Yuba Water Agency said initial field checks near the incident showed high turbidity, or cloudy water, and that other water quality samples have been sent to a lab for analysis.
—Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Years later, those breaks were used to confirm the existence of underwater landslides known as turbidity currents.
—PC Magazine, 3 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turbidity
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The cloudiness will be especially noticeable Tuesday through Thursday due to minor coastal eddies that will help push the moisture onto local beaches and into canyons and foothills off to the east.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 May 2026
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Clean Flower Vases Baking soda can help remove cloudiness from flower vases.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
13 May 2026
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Taken together, the federal actions reflect a clear shift toward greater scrutiny of PBMs and specifically the extraordinary opacity of the system in which these intermediaries operate.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Financial regulations must be strengthened to reduce opacity in chip funding and exposure to public assets, limiting potential fallout.—
Rakesh Kumar,
Fortune,
30 May 2026
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International humanitarian law mandates the principles of distinction, proportionality, and necessity, but the opaqueness of drone operations, particularly outside active battlefields, challenges these principles.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
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But gun control groups and other critics say the opaqueness of the decisions — and the inclusion of Hoffman on the list — leave the potential for loopholes and future harm.—
Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Turbidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turbidity. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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