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as in hazy
filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension
enjoyed the misty view of the thunderous falls from the deck of the sightseeing boat
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as in vague
not seen or understood clearly
I've a misty understanding of the issue but not so much that I could vote intelligently
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Recent Examples of misty
Entertainment phenomenon Barbra Streisand will be searching the corners of her mind for memories – misty, watercolor or otherwise – for a multi-part documentary directed by EGOT-winner Frank Marshall and produced by Oscar winner Alex Gibney.
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2024
Do the changes to the brain that happen during and after pregnancy explain these misty moments of cognition?
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 25 Sep. 2024
With its misty Pacific Northwest forests, an ethereal soundtrack from Angelo Badalamenti, and an eerie central mystery, Twin Peaks is a fall television staple serving up coziness with a side of uncanniness.
—Janey Tracey, EW.com, 22 Sep. 2024
The misty pastels here started an important Milan color trend.
—WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2024
Do the changes to the brain that happen during and after pregnancy explain these misty moments of cognition?
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 25 Sep. 2024
With its misty Pacific Northwest forests, an ethereal soundtrack from Angelo Badalamenti, and an eerie central mystery, Twin Peaks is a fall television staple serving up coziness with a side of uncanniness.
—Janey Tracey, EW.com, 22 Sep. 2024
The misty pastels here started an important Milan color trend.
—WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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Growing support from the Hill While the full details of these policy proposals remain hazy, a growing number of lawmakers have signaled early support for the effort.Luke Garrett, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
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Consider Chatterton’s Fields of This, an exemplary case study, as the hazy slacker rock the Oxnard, California, duo of guitarist-keyboardist Brock Pierce and multi-instrumentalist Logan Scrivner dream up is brash yet diffident.Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024
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Comments are vague and unhelpful, ownership falls into the void, and version control is nonexistent.Shani Harmon, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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That may sound vague and grandiose, but a specific kind of expansion has recently been in evidence among many of the best new films.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2024
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On a recent rainy Wednesday in Manhattan, Leonid Kogut sat and looked in awe at Apex, a stegosaurus that spans 27 feet.Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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Landed during the rainy season in a swamp, the emigrants found neither fresh water nor waterproof dwellings awaiting them, though they were shortly regaled with a supply of skates!Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 13 Dec. 2024
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Scot Warwick’s final communication with his wife was a faint squeeze of her hand.J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2024
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The eclipse effect will open up sustained views of the sun's faint surrounding corona, allowing for the second craft to use a suite of onboard sensors to collect data and photograph the inner region of the corona, according to the ESA.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
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But the dog domestication saga gets even murkier in the context of the peopling of the Americas, which might have occurred sometime between 27,000 and 16,000 years ago.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
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Yet the science surrounding the Pet Effect is murky, at best.Jessica Pierce, TIME, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Misty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misty. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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