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as in hazy
covered over by clouds
clouded skies did not diminish our fun
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as in misty
filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension
with only a clouded view of the valley before, we canceled the hang gliding
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as in obscured
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
the diner's dark interior, clouded with smoke and grease
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as in confused
to make (something) unclear to the understanding
cloud the issue with obscure statistics
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Recent Examples of clouded
Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Dec. 2025
Although Singapore’s economy is expected to hold up relatively well this year, officials cautioned that the growth outlook remains clouded for 2026.
—Anniek Bao, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2025
The downstream environment remains clouded by policy uncertainty.
—Sj Guest Editorial, Sourcing Journal, 14 Oct. 2025
This may be a one-off in an area — AI and the need for the US to win — that’s less clouded by the ideology that drives the president.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2025
My feelings about Euphoria are fairly clouded now by all the drama surrounding the production.
—James Factora, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
Post-pandemic immigration surges, followed by stricter enforcement, distorted many traditional labor-market signals and clouded real-time interpretation of headline statistics.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
When the cornea is clouded or scarred, the pathway is blocked even if the retina itself is healthy.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
And whatever’s not white is clouded steel.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
Mixed results in recent economic data have clouded the outlook for the economy -- and in turn, interest rates.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2026
The near-term outlook for copper demand growth has been clouded by weakness in China, the world’s top consumer of the red metal.
—Bloomberg, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2025
Catt’s childhood, clouded by her troubled younger sister, Carla, who suffers from something like undiagnosed autism, is not a happy one.
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
The bicentennial celebration was clouded by partisanship Allegations of politicization also aren’t without precedent.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
However, a disruption in data collection caused by the government shutdown this fall significantly clouded the overall economic picture, legislative Chief Economist Greg Sobetski told the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee as officials delivered the final quarterly forecast of 2025.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 19 Dec. 2025
Billionaire Leslie Wexner built his fortune through his ownership of major American brands like Victoria’s Secret, the Limited, and Bath & Body Works, but his wealth has often been clouded by his longtime association with Epstein.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2025
The characters’ stick-figure proportions feel all the more glaring next to the complexity and generosity of Jud, whose insistence on his innocence is clouded by the shadow of his guilty past.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2025
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After the clouded lens was extracted, surgeons implanted a clear, artificial replacement to restore 20/20 vision.
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Weapons depicts a small town clouded with darkness as the mysterious disappearance of 17 children from the same third-grade class is investigated.
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Although Jerry Garcia cast the longest shadow across the legend of the Dead with his dark, complexly melodic songs and his hazy, frayed vocals, Weir’s shadow was more translucent, melodically lighter and rhythmically astute.—
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What the new blueprint looks like is still hazy, and there isn’t just one way anymore.—
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To my relief, the Turkish passenger stepped back inside, shook snow from his hair and stared at me through misty glasses, the exhilaration lifting off his damp clothes.—
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It’s filled with lightweight insulation that still delivers solid heat, and the weather-resistant design offers both wind protection and a water-repellent finish—perfect for handling light rain or misty mornings.—
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Compare that with bigger names like Rolex or Patek Philippe, where the payoff for spending more is deliberately obscured.—
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Shiri’s face was obscured by an image originally created by Vancouver street artist iHeart.—
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The Farmers’ Almanac will be gone for good after its final 2026 edition, not to be confused with The Old Farmer's Almanac, a separate publication.—
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Blue Origin also launches New Shepard from Texas The New Glenn spacecraft is not to be confused with Blue Origin's much smaller New Shepard rocket that the company launches from West Texas on brief trips taking paying passengers high above Earth's atmosphere.—
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By becoming the light in a darkened world, everyone becomes a firefly that helps to illuminate the way back home to each other.—
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Over the weekend, around 16,000 people paid their respects to the designer at his funeral chamber at the Armani Teatro designed by Tadao Ando, filled with white flowers and paper lanterns on the floor in a diagonal grid formation dimly lit up the darkened venue.—
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The publication also shares some of the murky citation practices of contemporary social media.—
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The murky word of sports collectibles The passion to possess a thing that belonged to someone famous is as old as time.—
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The boundaries blurred quickly.—
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Their guests are capitalizing on the clout economy, where the line between influencer and entrepreneur is blurred and attention is the most valuable asset.—
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Bella escaped her family’s Houston, Texas, backyard on a rainy New Year's Eve in 2020.—
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Chicago saw its rainiest January day in more than 50 years on Thursday night, as the storms even forced an unprecedented rainout for the Bulls game at the United Center.—
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“Clouded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clouded. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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