: characterized by dimness, indistinctness, or obscurity
the blurred names on the gravestones
: lacking clarity or sharpness : blurry
a blurred photograph
blurred vision
blurredly
adverb
I am being lifted into the air—and even as I pant and stare blurredly, limply, mindlessly, a map appears, of the dark ground where I ran …
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Bjork, however, went all-in on the look, posing on the cover of Vogue Scandinavia in the blurred tulle Margiela gown with a merkin wig, fashioned from real human hair and painstakingly embroidered to the crotch of an underlaid silk stocking bodysuit.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
The differences between prepaid and postpaid cellphones have become blurred, but the basic one remains.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
For Sollima, creating a series where truth is so blurred was one of the most challenging aspects of The Monster of Florence.
—Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
When both young people meet their end the Baron saves Christina by putting Hans’ brain in Christina’s body, uniting their blurred identities in a joint thirst for revenge, creating a Gothic avenger who hunts down the aristocratic ruffians who ruined their happiness.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
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Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
The differences between prepaid and postpaid cellphones have become blurred, but the basic one remains.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
For Sollima, creating a series where truth is so blurred was one of the most challenging aspects of The Monster of Florence.
—Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
When both young people meet their end the Baron saves Christina by putting Hans’ brain in Christina’s body, uniting their blurred identities in a joint thirst for revenge, creating a Gothic avenger who hunts down the aristocratic ruffians who ruined their happiness.
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Blurred.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blurred. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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