1
as in to confuse
to make (something) unclear to the understanding
don't becloud the discussion by raising unrelated issues
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as in to obscure
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
the smog from the city's steel mills was once so oppressive that it beclouded the local landscape even at noon
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Recent Examples of becloud
But instead of sounding the alarm, defendants went out of their way to becloud the emerging scientific consensus.
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Edward Fitzpatrick, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2019
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
Edward Fitzpatrick, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2019
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
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But fans were confused as to why the flag was thrown.Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2024
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Biden mixes up French president with deceased predecessor Things got messier in February when Biden confused current French President Emmanuel Macron with former French President François Mitterrand — who died in 1996.Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Dec. 2024
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But it has been largely obscured by the perpetual closeness of statewide elections here, and the fact that Democrats have been winning them more often than losing them.Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
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This recent run has somewhat obscured the Penguins’ penchant for allowing the first goal.Rob Rossi, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
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The children’s parentage was selectively obfuscated.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
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The sampling is very subtle, and almost a little obfuscated by the rest of the score.Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 2 Dec. 2024
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Here’s a symbolic gesture that deeply touched me, a heartening drama on a darkening stage: the wooden Nativity scene unveiled at the Vatican earlier this month, created by Palestinian artists from Dar al-Kalima University, in Bethlehem.Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2024
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Country Life Last Leaves As the flowers and the ferns put themselves to bed, shedding petals, drying and darkening, folding up, one garden plant stays longer than all the rest: kale.Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 19 Dec. 2024
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The halo effect also clouds public judgment about such individuals.Mark Travers, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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This has understandably clouded the judgment of political leaders, pushing the geopolitical conversation about AI into some disturbing places.Verity Harding, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2024
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Lead with Empathy and Flexibility Remote work blurs the lines between professional and personal life.Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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For Shamet, the journey back has blurred the timelines.Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
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On the city’s main shopping street, businesses that once bustled in the holiday season have been pulverized, and some of those that remain have been blackened by fire.Euan Ward, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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The signage has been blackened out and many of the hospital's windows are boarded up or smashed in.Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Becloud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/becloud. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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