as in darkened
being without light or without much light
an obscured area of the prison yard that was the perfect escape route
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as in concealed
to keep secret or shut off from view
the investigative reporters obscured their real motives for visiting the company by pretending the story was about something else
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as in blurred
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
when it isn't obscured by smog, the view of the city from the observatory can be spectacular
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Recent Examples of obscured
Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 7 Jan. 2026
While the technology and safety features are top-line, why did Land Rover include such small, nearly obscured and difficult to use door handles?
—James Raia, Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2025
Still, the motivations behind the song feel somewhat obscured.
—Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
Members of Detroit’s police oversight board are calling for changes to how the department initiates minor stops after two recent police shootings that began with stops for drinking in a parking lot and an obscured license plate.
—Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 24 Oct. 2025
In these books, the world-building is fantastical, fable-esque, or detail-obscured.
—Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
By tracing a genealogy of conjure, Stewart also seeks to reveal many obscured contributions of Black women to American history.
—Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
How different this trip would have been in the pre-GPS era, when the obscured road sign at one intersection would likely have sent me off track.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Apr. 2018
Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
The video showed a hooded figure with their face obscured, walking calmly in a snowy alleyway near the couple's home around the timeframe authorities estimated the Tepes were killed, police said in an update.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
Pictures released by the park’s press service showed the 22-year-old Mafuko holding the two baby gorillas, sitting on the ground and partly obscured by branches with green leaves.
—Reuters, NBC news, 8 Jan. 2026
Those mountains loomed behind the town, obscured by tiers of houses, some of which had been there for a century.
—Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
The boots feature a round shape at the front, and the shaft rises slightly higher than the ankle, though the bottom of Stewart’s skirt obscured it.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 6 Jan. 2026
But framing the city’s problems purely in terms of race and poverty obscured the broader swath of issues facing the city’s working class.
—Daniel Wortel-London, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
Compare that with bigger names like Rolex or Patek Philippe, where the payoff for spending more is deliberately obscured.
—The Editors, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2025
Shiri’s face was obscured by an image originally created by Vancouver street artist iHeart.
—Gabriele Regalbuto, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
The accompanying video — showing an unmasked Chalamet beside an obscured EsDeeKid, dropping bars about Marty Supreme and girlfriend Kylie Jenner — went stratospherically viral.
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In addition to pain, light sensitivity and obscured vision, acanthamoeba keratitis can also cause redness, dryness, excessive tears and a sensation of a foreign body in the eye.
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Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui posted a video to X over the weekend, showing a dazzling view of auroras spreading like a tall blanket over the darkened Earth below.—
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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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For the white men, the experience of prison was the veil that now concealed them, rendering them strangers and exiles from the world outside.—
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Glam was striking, amped up even with half of her face concealed.—
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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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The reality is likely somewhere in the gray, murky middle.—
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That much is clear, but even the obvious can get murky amid an 82-game season.—
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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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Mixed results in recent economic data have clouded the outlook for the economy -- and in turn, interest rates.—
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Don't feel afraid to play with bold (but dark) colors and various materials.—
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Open my soul to the vast dark places.—
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She's also covered the cartel wars along the TX-MX border, Congress in Mexico City, 3 presidential races, and 6 hurricanes.—
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At the check-in desk (which is covered in palm-frond prints), you’ll be greeted with a free cold PBR, a tribute to the can-crushing dexterity of the notorious Blondie, who works the legendary lounge downstairs.—
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Notably, the 2024 film and its release caused a legal battle between stars, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, which ultimately overshadowed the film itself.—
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Smart noted that the event was somewhat overshadowed by recent national events.—
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“Obscured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obscured. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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