as in to obscure
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
the apparition hovered, became dislimned by the fog, then disappeared altogether
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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 -
Bouchard is the owner of a leisurely pace of play and that can sometimes obscure his contributions to winning games.—
Allan Mitchell,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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Tech oligarchs, the gerontocracy, podcasters spouting misinformation and the erosion of civil liberties all blur into a muddy soup that’s adjacent to relevancy without ever achieving it.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2025
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Drawn out over an almost one month period after the initial attack, the lines between fact and fiction blur pretty fast in Zero Day, just like in our echo chamber America.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
20 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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“Dislimn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dislimn. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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