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
Cursing comes naturally Cultural, social and technological shifts are reshaping linguistic norms, blurring the already blurry lines between informal and formal, private and public language.
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CNN Money, 15 June 2025
The filmmaking transforms Skinwalker Ranch into a magic island in a sea of dirt, rock, and sand, and turns the Cabal into a band of brothers who bond by shooting off rockets, scrutinizing LiDAR maps, and enhancing video footage to figure out if a blurry speck in the sky is a UAP or a falcon.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 30 June 2025
In a climate rife with conspiracy theories and baseless (and sometimes dangerous) social media trends, the line between true and false, substantiated and shady, can seem increasingly blurry—at least on the surface.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 26 June 2025
Generative adversarial networks, or GANs, which power AI image generators, were just invented that year, and their outputs were small, blurry, and usually black-and-white.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, Fortune, 26 June 2025
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CNN Money, 15 June 2025
The filmmaking transforms Skinwalker Ranch into a magic island in a sea of dirt, rock, and sand, and turns the Cabal into a band of brothers who bond by shooting off rockets, scrutinizing LiDAR maps, and enhancing video footage to figure out if a blurry speck in the sky is a UAP or a falcon.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 30 June 2025
In a climate rife with conspiracy theories and baseless (and sometimes dangerous) social media trends, the line between true and false, substantiated and shady, can seem increasingly blurry—at least on the surface.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 26 June 2025
Generative adversarial networks, or GANs, which power AI image generators, were just invented that year, and their outputs were small, blurry, and usually black-and-white.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, Fortune, 26 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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These pictures reveal faint details that were previously invisible.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
14 July 2025
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Bell Labs gave me free rein to engineer new systems that would detect those extremely faint signals.—
Jenna Ahart,
Quanta Magazine,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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Exercisers and health experts are asking whether the benefits of outdoor exercise are negated when the skies are hazy with wildfire smoke.—
John C. Quindry,
The Conversation,
10 July 2025
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The Milky Way is our home galaxy, a vast spiral of stars, dust and cosmic wonder stretching across the sky like a hazy, glowing river.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
3 July 2025
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“Blurry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blurry. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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