1
as in to obscure
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
the diner's dark interior, clouded with smoke and grease
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2
as in to confuse
to make (something) unclear to the understanding
cloud the issue with obscure statistics
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Recent Examples of cloud
Stackcommerce Team (sponsored), PC Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
Snow will continue to fall Friday in Denver, with showers likely in the afternoon before the clouds start to clear Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.
—Max Levy, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2025
Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
Kathy and Robin Beeck like to think of their film festival as a sunny reprieve from the grim subjects currently clouding the country’s mood.
—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Switch to cloud storage that has a lifetime subscription available.
—Stackcommerce Team (sponsored), PC Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
Snow will continue to fall Friday in Denver, with showers likely in the afternoon before the clouds start to clear Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.
—Max Levy, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
More than anything, the message from the Fed seemed to be how much uncertainty is clouding everything.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
Kathy and Robin Beeck like to think of their film festival as a sunny reprieve from the grim subjects currently clouding the country’s mood.
—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloud
Noun
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President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on several trade partners have also raised fears of a recession, casting a pall on consumer sentiment in the United States.—
Juveria Tabassum,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
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Washington has cast a pall on business investment and consumption demand, which could tip the softening US economy into a recession—and drag the rest of the world economy down with it.—
Eswar Prasad,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In the crowded parish hall, a sea of limbs and phones and flashes of light obscured the painting.—
James Factora,
Them,
24 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, all these great locations and details are obscured constantly, muddled into blurry backgrounds.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
Verb
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No one was going to confuse Colossal with the Sierra Club.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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Few foods confuse foreign visitors quite like brunost, Norwegian brown cheese.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In Warfare, the fog of war is both a literal and spiritual fact.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
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On Friday at 12:37 a.m. the NWS Blacksburg VA released a dense fog advisory in effect until 8 a.m.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Though rooted in self-love, these trends can blur the line between care and consumerism.—
Jasmine Browley,
Essence,
26 Mar. 2025
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On the other hand, holding a company liable for one person’s speech blurs the line between individual and collective responsibility.—
Kwame Anthony Appiah,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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But instead of sounding the alarm, defendants went out of their way to becloud the emerging scientific consensus.—
Edward Fitzpatrick,
BostonGlobe.com,
7 Aug. 2019
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His flacks and surrogates hand out scraps of information grudgingly, infrequently, and beclouded by fragrant eructations of doublespeak.—
Charles Seife,
Slate Magazine,
1 Mar. 2017
Noun
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From data leakage to shadow engineering, no-code, robotic process automation (RPA) and AI apps create an expanding attack surface that is beyond the reach of standard security controls.—
Yair Finzi,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Lisa Stardust reveals how this post-Mercury and Venus shadow period will affect each zodiac sign Comments Mercury and Venus retrograde are finally coming to an end!—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
13 Apr. 2025
Verb
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During the day, their color darkens.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2025
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Shared pool, pet-friendly, concierge, bike rentals, room-darkening shades Proximity is a big perk when staying at this luxe bungalow villa—downtown Tulum is just five minutes away by car, 10 minutes from the beach, and 15 minutes from Gran Cenote and Kaan Luum Lagoon.—
Erika Owen,
Architectural Digest,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Cloud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloud. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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