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Recent Examples of murk With an eye that’s sensitive enough to see a bumblebee in lunar orbit, the telescope will peer into the primordial murk from which stars, galaxies, and planets emerged, piercing the darkness that has occluded the gaze of other great observatories. Nadia Drake, National Geographic, 25 Dec. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for murk
Noun
  • See if the Ohio History Center comes alive after dark at Night at the Museum.
    Andrew King, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Florida Man also doesn’t do dark and overly morbid things.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Rather than aiming for the unique, which might pierce our haze of distraction, art has succumbed to marketable generalities: stock music on Spotify, soporific streams of Netflix content.
    Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Buy the Skechers hands free summits dazzling haze for $55 on Amazon Reebok Club C Double Sneaker Another Amazon best seller, these Reebok sneakers are perfect for the working mom or the mom always running errands and taking the kids to practices and events.
    Lauryn Jiles, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Passengers experience a few minutes of weightlessness during this stretch and get to see Earth against the blackness of space.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Vega, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, shone above the horizon, brilliant against the blackness.
    Nicholas J. R. White Kat Hill, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Kevin Gordon, a senior investment strategist at Charles Schwab, said the back and forth with tariffs has created a fog of uncertainty for investors, businesses and consumers.
    John Towfighi, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Central Sacramento Valley, Southern Sacramento Valley, Carquinez Strait and Delta and Northern San Joaquin Valley are under a dense fog advisory which was issued by the National Weather Service on Tuesday at 4:55 a.m.
    Bay Area Weather Report, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Enter their brand new hair mist, a dreamy and comforting fragrance aptly named Angel Wings.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2025
  • In order to achieve a flawless, glowing complexion, Scarlett used facial cleansers, mists, hydrating masks and moisturizers.
    Alison Escalante, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • This means that during daylight saving time, many young people get up and travel to school in pitch darkness.
    Beth Ann Malow, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2025
  • The field is increasingly engulfed in darkness, and—with the score tied—the players must choose between the reckless absurdity of playing a night game without lights and the eternal purgatory of leaving the final contest unresolved.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • As for other differences between the plans, Entertainment includes more than 75 channels, the ability to stream on unlimited devices in your home, unlimited cloud DVR storage, and a special offer on premium channels.
    Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 2 Mar. 2025
  • This user-friendly cloud solution requires no installations and works across all platforms—PC, Mac, or mobile.
    StackCommerce Team (Sponsored), PCMAG, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Take your pick from black to mocha to crisp, winter white.
    Taylor Jean Stephan, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Flaunt this fun, floral style, or opt for their best-selling classic black.
    Meg Donohue, Town & Country, 31 Jan. 2023

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“Murk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murk. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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