as in hazy
filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension
it was hard to see through the smoggy afternoon sky
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Recent Examples of smoggy
Replacing gas-guzzlers with electric cars may also alleviate smoggy skies over Los Angeles and other urban centers, state leaders hope.
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Dino Grandoni and Evan Halper, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2022
That isn’t the only reason to buy electric, which we were reminded of during a particularly smoggy day last week.
—New York Times, 23 Mar. 2022
Ten years ago, the sky was more likely to be a smoggy brown-gray at this time of year, stained by pollution from industry and heating.
—New York Times, 18 Feb. 2022
The air appears remarkably clear in winter, lacking the smoggy haziness that’s common in summer.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2021
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Dino Grandoni and Evan Halper, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2022
That isn’t the only reason to buy electric, which we were reminded of during a particularly smoggy day last week.
—New York Times, 23 Mar. 2022
Ten years ago, the sky was more likely to be a smoggy brown-gray at this time of year, stained by pollution from industry and heating.
—New York Times, 18 Feb. 2022
The air appears remarkably clear in winter, lacking the smoggy haziness that’s common in summer.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoggy
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By the time authorities started asking questions days later, memories of partygoers were hazy.Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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For instance, sky-gazers should avoid beaches where the skies tend to be hazy and instead find a mountaintop.Gina Park, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
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Mayfair Witches is off to the misty isles of Scotland in its second season, introducing us to new members of the family who still live in the ancestral homelands of their witchy dynasty.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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Grant was gracious in her acceptance, and there were more than a few misty eyes seen around the venue during her speech.LaRawn Scaife Rhea, The Tennessean, 2 June 2024
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Eighteen months ago, the Jewish Museum London, which occupied an idiosyncratic, homely town house in Camden, where my wife and I used to take our kids on rainy weekends, closed its doors for lack of funding.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, social media users watching from home couldn't resist commenting on the rainy event.Sabienna Bowman, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
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Still, the fundamental case for adding to the stock is murky.Zev Fima, CNBC, 27 Dec. 2024
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How much money the song has earned is murky; the record company wouldn’t talk about it.David Bauder, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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But the deepest cut from that time slices through my foggy memory.Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
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The foggy, overcast weather imparted an eerie calm to the scene just days after Monday’s storm surge.Ryan Macasero, The Mercury News, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Smoggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoggy. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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