1
as in to obscure
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
the diner's dark interior, clouded with smoke and grease
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2
as in to confuse
to make (something) unclear to the understanding
cloud the issue with obscure statistics
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Recent Examples of cloud
Korok Ray, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
The result is a pleasing cloud of white, silver, and lavender.
—Mike Irvine, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 May 2025
Quartz Staff, Quartz, 13 May 2025
Corporate results could now cloud or brighten the picture in the weeks ahead.
—Jenni Reid, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025
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Noun
But the one possible exception today is cloud services.
—Korok Ray, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
The result is a pleasing cloud of white, silver, and lavender.
—Mike Irvine, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 May 2025
Verb
Blame sticky prices, volatile tariffs, and a macroeconomic crystal ball clouded by stagflation fears.
—Quartz Staff, Quartz, 13 May 2025
Corporate results could now cloud or brighten the picture in the weeks ahead.
—Jenni Reid, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloud
Noun
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Still, the pall of Chinese interference continues to dog this election.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
29 Apr. 2025
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Cronenberg gives the whole movie a funereal pall: a sense that sad things are going to happen to good people, but there’ll be a sad honor to it all.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Elite’s arrangement with Prime, as a private corporation, obscures details of how millions of its public school dollars are ultimately spent.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2025
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The simple stories of great inventors obscure the fact that technological innovations often have many parents.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
18 May 2025
Verb
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Also, this word et cetera at the end of the sentence confused me.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
26 May 2025
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Weir was confused by the man’s unusual conviction, though.—
Louise Erdrich,
New Yorker,
25 May 2025
Noun
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The views of rooftops, treetops, and (if the fog cooperates) the Bay are nothing short of cinematic.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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Zero visibility strategy: In cases of near-zero visibility due to dense fog, activate your hazard lights and seek a safe spot, like a nearby business parking lot, to pull over and stop.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
15 May 2025
Verb
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Contemplating the issue from a more macro standpoint, AI is increasingly blurring the lines around what constitutes academic honesty.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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Anyone moving from a smartphone up to the EOS 2000D will be amazed by the image quality and the ability to produce shots with beautiful bokeh (background blur).—
Rowena Cockett,
Space.com,
26 May 2025
Verb
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But instead of sounding the alarm, defendants went out of their way to becloud the emerging scientific consensus.—
Edward Fitzpatrick,
BostonGlobe.com,
7 Aug. 2019
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His flacks and surrogates hand out scraps of information grudgingly, infrequently, and beclouded by fragrant eructations of doublespeak.—
Charles Seife,
Slate Magazine,
1 Mar. 2017
Noun
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Military setbacks on the battlefield, diplomatic isolation, and stronger sanctions—especially those targeting shadow fleets and third-party oil buyers.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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Indeed, from his earliest days, he's had almost something of a shadow career to his more visible one making award-winning narratives.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
21 May 2025
Verb
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Taking stock of the darkening afternoon sky from the rooftop of Netflix HQ in the Flatiron District, the actress was optimistic that the weather might delay her flight and give her extra time to unwind in the city.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
22 May 2025
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Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5 goes well beyond just the darkening reality in America.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
17 May 2025
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“Cloud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloud. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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