as in vague
not seen or understood clearly
a blurry image in the foreground of the photograph
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Recent Examples of blurry
Images too blurry, too dark or taken from difficult angles may have to be discarded.
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Eve Bohnett, The Conversation, 18 June 2025
Changes in blood sugar can affect the shape of the lens of the eye which can result in blurry vision.
—Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
One example is restoring or upscaling images: taking pixelated, noisy or blurry images and making a crisper and higher-resolution version.
—Bruce Schneier, The Conversation, 16 June 2025
The change of tempos backlights her sadness against crisp instrumentation and blurry rhythms, like Blaney is staring out a foggy bus window on the ride home.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 13 June 2025
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Eve Bohnett, The Conversation, 18 June 2025
Changes in blood sugar can affect the shape of the lens of the eye which can result in blurry vision.
—Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
One example is restoring or upscaling images: taking pixelated, noisy or blurry images and making a crisper and higher-resolution version.
—Bruce Schneier, The Conversation, 16 June 2025
The change of tempos backlights her sadness against crisp instrumentation and blurry rhythms, like Blaney is staring out a foggy bus window on the ride home.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blurry
Adjective
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Stories come to life only through concrete, sensory details, but my father only spoke in vague and abstract terms.—
Margot Singer
July 9,
Literary Hub,
9 July 2025
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Though vague, Galvin said case law suggests reasonable means that the rules are consistent with the culture and character of the type of community.—
Nora O’Neill
July 8,
Charlotte Observer,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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That memory, faint but enduring, was set in the downstairs den of their home.—
Ajdina Halilovic,
Wired News,
6 July 2025
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Until then, there is a faint hope that tardigrades survive — though likely not living it up — on the moon.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Discover Magazine,
3 July 2025
Adjective
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How this all will ultimately lead to world-building applications is hazy—and that’s part of the point.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
3 July 2025
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Crazy Norse is a 6.8% ABV hazy/New England IPA brewed in honor of Northern Kentucky University.—
Rasputin Todd,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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“Blurry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blurry. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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