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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. 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 See all Example Sentences for smoggy 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoggy
Adjective
  • Which part of the city is hazy — although the film is set in Brooklyn and the characters engage specifically with the borough, excerpts of Roger’s piece, read by Holland in voiceover, often refer to New York more generally.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Much like the play it’s adapted from, Were the World Mine is hazy, romantic, duplicitous and delightful.
    Sadie Collins, Them, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • This is partially because the lungs breathe out moisture in misty breaths.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • His eyes had turned misty at the memory of his mother’s words.
    Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • And the region is rapidly running out of time to catch up on the severe deficit in rainfall before the winter rainy season ends.
    Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Los Angeles has received essentially no rainfall in over 10 months, with the driest start to a rainy season on record, parching soils and vegetation and setting the stage for extreme winds to intensify and spread the fires.
    Peter H. Gleick, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, TikTok’s overall future in the United States is equally murky.
    Maria Sole Campinoti, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
  • But even that link is murky: In the case of breast cancer, for instance, carrying excess weight only seems to be a risk factor after menopause, and not before (for reasons that aren’t known).
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Hamilton completed 30 laps in foggy and drizzly conditions in northern Italy while in conversation with new race engineer Riccardo Adami over team radio before meeting fans who had turned out to see him.
    Ali Rampling, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
  • An officer investigating the crash noted that the weather was foggy and the road was dry at the time.
    Lena Miano, arkansasonline.com, 5 Jan. 2025

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“Smoggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoggy. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.

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