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Recent Examples of turbidity
In saltwater, the system detected signals at 730 m (2,395 ft) on under 10 watts – and performance held steady regardless of turbidity, obstacles, or multipath interference.
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Omar Kardoudi
june 06, New Atlas, 6 June 2026
Jurado said that pollution and turbidity in the spillway discharge is a concern, too.
—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
Omar Kardoudi
june 06, New Atlas, 6 June 2026
Jurado said that pollution and turbidity in the spillway discharge is a concern, too.
—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
Noun
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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
Noun
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In that environment, opacity stops being a strategy and becomes a liability.—
Ivan Guzenko,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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The end of the state legislative session in Albany reveals that once again secrecy and opacity were the norm as the public business was conducted out of sight from the public.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2026
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Scientific consensus is that this opaqueness is caused by hazy banks of clouds that are masking the atmospheres, but what kind of aerosol particles are in the clouds?—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
4 June 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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“Turbidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turbidity. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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