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Adjective
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The physics are different, the hardware is in its infancy and regulations are largely undefined.—
Raymond Huang,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025 -
Smith’s specific political beliefs are mostly undefined—which is a good thing.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
The New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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According to Colossal, their efforts — which ideally will result in creating a hybrid species that's virtually genetically indistinguishable from woolly mammoths — could also lead to breakthroughs in the fight against elephant endotheliotropic herpesviruses.—
Susan Young,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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The company plans to recreate the mammoth, dodo, and Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, by editing the genome of each species’ closest living relative to make a hybrid animal that would be visually indistinguishable from its extinct forerunner.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
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The advisory is in effect until 9 a.m. Driving in foggy conditions A dense fog advisory is issued by your local National Weather Service office when widespread dense fog develops.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
27 Feb. 2025
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The advisory is in effect until 10 a.m. Driving in foggy conditions A dense fog advisory is issued by your local National Weather Service office when widespread dense fog develops.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Feb. 2025
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Any faint chance of heading the panel was decades away.—
David Mark,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 2025
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Mars will shrink, appearing as a faint reddish speck against the sky.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Pro-transparency efforts have begun illuminating previously shadowy aspects of judicial decisionmaking.—
Peter Martin,
New York Daily News,
28 Feb. 2025
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Decades before the memes and punchlines, the Broward native spawned a fictional franchise populated by preposterous oddballs, bottom-feeders and other shadowy denizens of the Sunshine State.—
Mark Gauert,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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On Monday, the day will start with some sunshine before turning cloudy, with a high of 35 degrees Fahrenheit and a low of 10 degrees.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
10 Feb. 2025
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Martha Stewart and her daughter Alexis have been collecting jadeite, a hard mineral known for its vibrant green and cloudy appearance, for nearly 25 years.—
Maggie Horton,
People.com,
8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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What makes these plants unattractive to deer—prickly or hairy stems or leaves, a pungent scent, or a covering of fuzzy hairs—is a win for your garden, adding charm to your landscape.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Mar. 2025
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Something happened online, but the details are fuzzy because all the context has been flattened into nonexistence.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
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On the plus side, a New Moon will coincide with this planetary parade, giving way to exceptionally dark skies for viewing dim objects like Uranus and Neptune.—
Michael d'Estries,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Feb. 2025
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Still, under reasonable assumptions, a laser’s beam of focused light would be too dim to detect from a distance of just under six light-years, which is not enough to be spotted even at Barnard’s Star, the second-closest star system to our own.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Obnubilated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obnubilated. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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