1
as in obscures
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
the diner's dark interior, clouded with smoke and grease
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2
as in confuses
to make (something) unclear to the understanding
cloud the issue with obscure statistics
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Recent Examples of clouds
Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Chasing the hurricane The aircraft entered the eye of the storm from the southeast shortly after sunrise, passing through thick gray clouds with limited visibility.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025
Chilly air and clouds will be rolling into the Greater Cincinnati area for the last week of October.
—Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2025
Jamaica is expected to be in the storm's eyewall, which refers to the band of dense clouds surrounding the eye of the hurricane.
—NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
Jazz seeps from Blue Note, meeting in the street to mingle with the fragrance of espressos and cappuccinos from Caffè Reggio, while men in Washington Square Park drift through clouds of smoke from their joints.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Tuesday morning less clouds are expected and the colder inland valleys are expected to see frost.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Any areas that get clouds will likely stay warmer as well.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2025
The clouds were pink and streaky.
—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The absolute level of yields is unthreatening, but Treasury holders were selling after a strong rally as the horizon clouds up a bit.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
At times, the clouds show bright white, highlighted by the sun.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Chasing the hurricane The aircraft entered the eye of the storm from the southeast shortly after sunrise, passing through thick gray clouds with limited visibility.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025
Chilly air and clouds will be rolling into the Greater Cincinnati area for the last week of October.
—Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2025
Jamaica is expected to be in the storm's eyewall, which refers to the band of dense clouds surrounding the eye of the hurricane.
—NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
Jazz seeps from Blue Note, meeting in the street to mingle with the fragrance of espressos and cappuccinos from Caffè Reggio, while men in Washington Square Park drift through clouds of smoke from their joints.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Tuesday morning less clouds are expected and the colder inland valleys are expected to see frost.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Any areas that get clouds will likely stay warmer as well.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2025
The clouds were pink and streaky.
—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
Remove pressure to perform and find flow Cortisol clouds judgment and kills creativity.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The absolute level of yields is unthreatening, but Treasury holders were selling after a strong rally as the horizon clouds up a bit.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clouds
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Cast adrift in a frosty wilderness—a harrowing yet welcome departure, visually, from the Gothic shadows of Victor’s lair—the Creature experiences a dollop of decency, courtesy of a blind old farmer (a wonderful David Bradley), but also a deluge of misery, courtesy of everyone else.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2025
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The facility also replicates the moon's intense sunlight, harsh shadows and dust-laden environment, providing a realistic setting for testing equipment like Argonaut.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But in a market where definitional confusion obscures risk and competitive tensions drive narratives, distinguishing signal from noise is increasingly critical and difficult.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
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China, by contrast, communicates through political rhetoric that obscures bureaucratic intent.—
Lizzi C. Lee,
Time,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But the state's message confuses parents, especially the poor and underserved, Anzalone said.—
Arthur Allen,
ABC News,
22 Oct. 2025
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But too often, this instinct to chase conflict distorts reality and confuses the public.—
Nancy Gibbs,
Time,
17 Oct. 2025
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Along the way, blazes of pyrotechnics, flashes of light and hazes of smoke heightened the set’s intensity.—
Kirby Adams,
Louisville Courier Journal,
22 Sep. 2025
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However, both of these scenarios resulted in the copious production of complex organic hazes, including molecular formulas that match compounds essential to life processes such as nucleobases, sugars, amino acids, and more.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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For a garden that blurs the lines between traditional and modern, combine a clean hardscape with aged materials and spilling plants.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Oct. 2025
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Civil liberties groups and university associations have since argued that the order blurs the line between national security vetting and political censorship.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Today, as a government shutdown darkens our national museums and the National Endowment for the Humanities is gutted, the danger is no longer a matter of rhetoric but of radical, systemic action.—
Andrew Weinstein,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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The tree produces an annual fall harvest of walnuts, enclosed in a green husk that darkens when ripe.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Local students tend to know about the province’s nationalistic perspective, due to their high school curriculum, but this deliberately (and understandably) obfuscates the larger Canadian picture to try to foster a firmer attachment to Quebec’s language and culture.—
Dónal Gill,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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Sometimes, Death in the Family seems to be saying that our attempt to assign deeper meanings to acts of violence obfuscates how mean or petty human nature can be.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Clouds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clouds. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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