as in to obscure
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
the view from the mountain's summit is often bedimmed by haze
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There is also no record of its business name on a database of online companies and its website is registered to a private domain in Holland, obscuring its true origin.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025 -
The average obscures significant variation, though.—
Meg Wingerter,
The Denver Post,
14 Feb. 2025
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Daigle, 33, has cultivated a decade-long career blurring the lines between Christian and pop music.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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This is especially true with Venus conjunct Neptune in Pisces illuminating your seventh house of relationships and significant others because in addition to emphasizing your romantic ideals and dreams, this mystical synergy could blur the lines between fantasy and reality.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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The clouds are still in sunlight while the ground is darkening after the Sun sets.—
Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
12 Feb. 2025
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The ice sheet has thinned and darkened since the early 1990’s, especially around its edges….—
Rob Crossan,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Feb. 2025
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But prospects for new rodeo restrictions dimmed in November when Councilmember Kent Lee, who supports a crackdown, couldn’t get support from any colleagues.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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The esteem in which Plowright was held in London was evident with the news that theaters across the West End will dim their lights for two minutes at 7 p.m. on Tuesday in her honor.—
Pan Pylas,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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The brush fire blackened about 100 square feet before being extinguished by firefighters, deputies said in the news release.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacramento Bee,
5 Feb. 2025
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In Pacific Palisades, Altadena, and Malibu, history burned and blackened the sky.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2025
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How or when federal funding for storm recovery will be disbursed is clouded in uncertainty under President Trump.—
Lucille Sherman,
Axios,
31 Jan. 2025
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Domestic consumption continues, but the outlook is clouded by ever-higher prices.—
Andrei Kolesnikov,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Jan. 2025
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Steam misted off a bubbling yellow lava; a buttery aroma filled my nostrils.—
Dhruv Khullar,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
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Sweltering crowds along Nashville's downtown streets had misting tents, hydration stations and Red Frogs volunteers with free water available.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
5 July 2024
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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
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“Bedim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedim. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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