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as in confusing
to make (something) unclear to the understanding
an article for the layman that blurs the distinction between the two kinds of cholesterol
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as in obscuring
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
evening shadows blurred the view of the valley from the overlook
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Recent Examples of blurring
Essence Wiley, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026
There’s something very sentimental in the blurring of that line.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026
While people have often sought comfort in fantasy and escapism—as the popularity of romance novels and daytime soap operas attest—psychologists say that the way in which some people are using chatbots, and the blurring of the line between fantasy and real life, is unprecedented.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 26 Dec. 2025
Primers can be radiance-boosting, blurring, color-correcting, and more.
—Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 15 Dec. 2025
Capitulation to settlers Concurrent to these developments has been a blurring of lines between civilian settlers and uniformed security personnel.
—Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
Many brands are moving away from talc products and instead formulating with alternatives that can provide the same blurring, anti-caking action like cornstarch, rice starch, mica and silica without the cancer risk.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 11 Dec. 2025
This leads to the disappearance of Sa3oud and the blurring of boundaries between illusion and reality.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 28 Nov. 2025
My guess is this is a small black bear, and blurring distorted the photo.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
The almost imperceptible pigment is an immediate boost of pore- and fine line-blurring prowess.
—Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 8 Feb. 2026
Dyckman agrees that using a moody color like Benjamin Moore's Gunmetal in an already dark space can actually make a room feel larger, blurring the edges and minimizing contrast.
—Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 8 Feb. 2026
The cat-eye polish closely matches the gel base, subtly blurring the line between the tip and the rest of the nail.
—Jacqueline Kilikita, Refinery29, 3 Feb. 2026
Malone was raised in Grapevine and has sold millions of records globally over the last decade in his career as a rapper, singer and songwriter, blurring genre lines between rap, hip-hop, country and rock in the process.
—Dallas Morning News, 3 Feb. 2026
Three years later, host Zane Lowe flew to San Juan to interview the rising artist, whose early SoundCloud uploads and genre-blurring reggaeton tracks were turning heads.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
As the interrogation unfolds, Dave’s belief that he was framed by the State begins to unravel, blurring the line between truth, obsession and self-deception.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
Ridley recommends using gel polishes for a deer print mani, since the curing step locks each layer in, keeping them from blurring together and becoming a muddled mess.
—Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
My preferred method is to use it as a blurring primer.
—Essence Wiley, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026
There’s something very sentimental in the blurring of that line.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026
While people have often sought comfort in fantasy and escapism—as the popularity of romance novels and daytime soap operas attest—psychologists say that the way in which some people are using chatbots, and the blurring of the line between fantasy and real life, is unprecedented.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 26 Dec. 2025
Primers can be radiance-boosting, blurring, color-correcting, and more.
—Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 15 Dec. 2025
Capitulation to settlers Concurrent to these developments has been a blurring of lines between civilian settlers and uniformed security personnel.
—Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 12 Dec. 2025
Many brands are moving away from talc products and instead formulating with alternatives that can provide the same blurring, anti-caking action like cornstarch, rice starch, mica and silica without the cancer risk.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 11 Dec. 2025
This leads to the disappearance of Sa3oud and the blurring of boundaries between illusion and reality.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 28 Nov. 2025
My guess is this is a small black bear, and blurring distorted the photo.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
The researchers warned that while the idea of workers taking on more tasks voluntarily could seem ideal, nonstop work has the potential to lead to problems down the line, including blurring the boundary between work and non-work, as well as burnout and cognitive fatigue.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
The almost imperceptible pigment is an immediate boost of pore- and fine line-blurring prowess.
—Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 8 Feb. 2026
Dyckman agrees that using a moody color like Benjamin Moore's Gunmetal in an already dark space can actually make a room feel larger, blurring the edges and minimizing contrast.
—Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 8 Feb. 2026
The cat-eye polish closely matches the gel base, subtly blurring the line between the tip and the rest of the nail.
—Jacqueline Kilikita, Refinery29, 3 Feb. 2026
Malone was raised in Grapevine and has sold millions of records globally over the last decade in his career as a rapper, singer and songwriter, blurring genre lines between rap, hip-hop, country and rock in the process.
—Dallas Morning News, 3 Feb. 2026
Three years later, host Zane Lowe flew to San Juan to interview the rising artist, whose early SoundCloud uploads and genre-blurring reggaeton tracks were turning heads.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
As the interrogation unfolds, Dave’s belief that he was framed by the State begins to unravel, blurring the line between truth, obsession and self-deception.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
Ridley recommends using gel polishes for a deer print mani, since the curing step locks each layer in, keeping them from blurring together and becoming a muddled mess.
—Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 28 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blurring
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The crossing was closed Friday and Saturday because of confusion around operations.—
SAMY MAGDY,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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Former Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt felt that there would be confusion over the fact that the Super Bowl itself took place the year after the NFL’s regular-season games.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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Germany's exact medal count is a point of contention because Germany has not always competed in each Olympics as a unified country, which can lead to confusing medal counts.—
Aliza Chasan,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2026
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For many, tax season can be a confusing and stressful time with lingering deadlines and confusing tax forms.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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An exhibition in Beijing delving into anonymity, a key code of the house stemming back to the founder Martin Margiela’s Greta Garbo-like ways — and the face-obscuring masks that have been a feature of the brand since the Belgian maverick arrived on the international fashion scene.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
10 Feb. 2026
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The shooters were in the parked Chevrolet Equinox for three minutes and 19 seconds before getting out, carrying rifles and with fabric obscuring their faces.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated February 6,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Feb. 2026
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By his third season, rumors of Sane’s departure and injuries surfaced, clouding his trajectory.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The study showed that insurers paid investors $680 million in dividends and accepted $951 million in capital contributions from affiliates, clouding regulators’ abilities to determine insurers’ actual financial health.—
Ron Hurtibise,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2026
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Simon also said that darkening retail doors can be filled by growing businesses as Life Time health clubs, House of Sports, which is a relatively new concept from Dick’s Sporting Goods, and space can be repurposed to mixed uses, including outdoor uses.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Use room-darkening shades and blackout curtains to prevent light from seeping in to interrupt your shut-eye.—
Kylie Petty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Lawyers for the group contend that the city is willfully obfuscating to cover up its inadequate efforts to live up to its settlement.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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The state says the foundation did this because Aerial Recovery, the nonprofit, had been obfuscating its name.—
Evan Mealins,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Oct. 2025
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And Hanceville’s fate is as murky as the fog that pours in at night, blotting out buildings and blackening the road ahead.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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These tungsten atoms would then condense on the slightly cooler inside of the glass bulb, blackening it and dimming the light over time.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
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As the decades passed, their experiments escalated into increasingly absurd inquiries, muddying the boundaries between subjective and objective reality.—
Shannon Taggart,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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This may be because the nucleus accumbens, the other reward region that some participants learned to ramp up, didn’t have the same connection to immune response, muddying the results.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
19 Jan. 2026
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“Blurring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blurring. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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