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as in daze
a state of mental confusion
people wandered around in a haze in the days following the earthquake
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as in to tease
to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults
the roughnecks on the oil rig would haze the young man for his refined manners and educated speech
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as in to blur
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
unfortunately, smog was hazing the view of the distant city skyline
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Recent Examples of haze
Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 May 2026
But when the bands of light begin to balletically twirl, pulse, jump, fade, and then burst back like a tornado pushing through the Wizard’s green haze in Oz, sleep is all but forgotten.
—Heather Greenwood Davis, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
In my own haze of 'round-the-clock feeds and first-time-parent anxiety, my mom seemed something of a miraculous blur.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
Firefighters have been battling more than 150 other wildfires in Georgia and Florida that have sent smoky haze into places far from the flames, triggering air quality warnings for some cities.
—ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Coastal and eastern areas offer more dramatic settings, but come with greater risk from haze and obstruction.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 May 2026
But when the bands of light begin to balletically twirl, pulse, jump, fade, and then burst back like a tornado pushing through the Wizard’s green haze in Oz, sleep is all but forgotten.
—Heather Greenwood Davis, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
In my own haze of 'round-the-clock feeds and first-time-parent anxiety, my mom seemed something of a miraculous blur.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
Firefighters have been battling more than 150 other wildfires in Georgia and Florida that have sent smoky haze into places far from the flames, triggering air quality warnings for some cities.
—ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for haze
Noun
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Every leaf, branch, and gust of wind bounces sound waves back to the hunter, creating a deafening acoustic fog.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
19 May 2026
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When an agent triggers a bad action, ownership often dissolves into a fog of prompts, product decisions and access policies.—
Oleg Malii,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Other bedding plants for summer color in sunny sites include angelonia, blue daze, bush daisy, Joseph’s coat, melampodium, salvia, torenia and zinnias.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2026
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Those around me were in a daze.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
25 Apr. 2026
Verb
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All the thespian’s chemistry felt less like castmates promoting a production and more like siblings teasing one another out of deep affection.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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Rumors are flying that Google will unveil or tease its Gemini 4 AI model — and that's a big deal because the introduction of Gemini 3 in November was a huge success and sent shares rallying .—
Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
17 May 2026
Verb
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This practice blurs the lines of community policing.—
Natasha Dartigue,
Baltimore Sun,
16 May 2026
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Mornings blurred into basketball practices, and afternoons drifted toward softball workouts.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
Noun
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In the distance, their gently curved edges became bulbous, towering cumulonimbus clouds reaching farther and farther into the atmosphere.—
Emily Holshouser
May 19,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 May 2026
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The legacy cloud is built across centralized data centers, which are now proliferating around the world as AI requires more computing power.—
Elizabeth MacBride,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
Verb
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This time around, a serial stalker hunts down men and women alike, taunting them with videos filmed of them and rhyming texts, the detectives trying to track potential victims and save them before they’re killed.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Heck, every club’s supporters were taunting them this way.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
14 May 2026
Verb
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The shift, led by Professor Helena Teede of Monash University’s Monash Centre for Health Research & Implementation, aims to fix a label that doctors and patients say has obscured the condition’s true scope for decades.—
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 May 2026
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While our position was good — mid-floor, with clear views of the stage and many of the walkways — at times, Styles was slightly obscured by the height of the walkways.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
19 May 2026
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The combination of high-tech sleep equipment and lower-tech sensory tools — masks, mists, earplugs — reflects how broad the sleep retreat category has become.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2026
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Out in a rainstorm because sometimes that can be just as appealing as watching it from behind warm windows—there is a natural craving for weather to confirm one’s aliveness, and as with storms the same can be true of being out in strong winds, or heavy snowfall, or dense mist.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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“Haze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haze. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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