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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
  • At night, there is a bit of noise and haze as the smaller sensor has to dial up the ISO to bring in more light.
    Ben Sin, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Delta passengers were forced to evacuated via slides at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Monday after haze or smoke was observed in the plane, according to the airline and the Federal Aviation Administration.
    Clara McMichael, ABC News, 24 Feb. 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
  • On Tuesday at 2:28 a.m. a dense fog advisory was issued by the NWS San Diego CA in effect until 9 a.m. for San Diego County Coastal Areas and Orange County Coastal.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacramento Bee, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Because the fog sometimes turns out to be the actual transmitter of illumination—the clarity rising from within the confusions—any simple summary or attempt to distill objective lessons betrays his mind.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The French linen mist melds cozy notes of bergamot and musk with a lemony twist and the fresh, floral smell of a white-flower bouquet.
    Jenny Berg, Allure, 20 Feb. 2025
  • After buying the mist and taking it with you on your next tropical escape, don’t forget to re-spray your skin every two or so hours: guaranteeing a goddess-level shine that just might rival that of the sun.
    Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Ever the pro, Goggins carries Rick’s darkness through every scene, and from this point forward viewers know the driving force behind it.
    Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Instead, your brain increases melatonin production in response to darkness.
    Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 22 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Just days after what seemed like 40 days and 40 nights of Bay Area storms, the clouds have finally given San Francisco a break – just in time for Ayesha Curry’s Sweet July Skin coffee truck pop-up during All-Star Weekend.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The camp is firmly perched beside a small, spring-fed lake, above billowing clouds and below Mawenzi’s jagged peak.
    Mary Robnett, Travel + Leisure, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Flaunt this fun, floral style, or opt for their best-selling classic black.
    Meg Donohue, Town & Country, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Take your pick from black to mocha to crisp, winter white.
    Taylor Jean Stephan, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2023

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“Murk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murk. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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