as in obscuring
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
the damp air misted the window pane
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Recent Examples of misting
Organizers said the venue will also include misting stations to help attendees stay cool.
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Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
4 July 2026
Additional cooling stations, drinking water, misting areas, and medical personnel will be available throughout the event grounds.
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Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
3 July 2026
Free water refill stations and misting stations will also be available during the event, according to USA Today.
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Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
3 July 2026
Additional medical staff are on site, and cooling amenities include an inflatable misting station near the First Base Plaza and misting fans at the Left Field Plaza and Section 210.
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Eva Andersen,
CBS News,
2 July 2026
Keep your trees cool and hydrated by misting, applying mulch, and watering deeply during heat waves.
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Martha Stewart,
2 July 2026
This former wharf on the Mississippi is now an uninterrupted pedestrian pathway, with a pavilion, a children’s area, misting stations, and workout options.
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Jenny Adams,
Travel + Leisure,
24 June 2026
While not quite North Sea temps, the 60-something (Fahrenheit) weather was chilly for the second night of summer and a steady misting rain could have been confused for ocean spray.
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Ben Church,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
At the Eiffel Tower and other popular Paris venues, misting stations were set up to help crowds cope, per AP.
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Jessica Mekles,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
4 July 2026
Additional cooling stations, drinking water, misting areas, and medical personnel will be available throughout the event grounds.
—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
3 July 2026
Free water refill stations and misting stations will also be available during the event, according to USA Today.
—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
3 July 2026
Additional medical staff are on site, and cooling amenities include an inflatable misting station near the First Base Plaza and misting fans at the Left Field Plaza and Section 210.
—
Eva Andersen,
CBS News,
2 July 2026
Keep your trees cool and hydrated by misting, applying mulch, and watering deeply during heat waves.
—
Martha Stewart,
2 July 2026
This former wharf on the Mississippi is now an uninterrupted pedestrian pathway, with a pavilion, a children’s area, misting stations, and workout options.
—
Jenny Adams,
Travel + Leisure,
24 June 2026
While not quite North Sea temps, the 60-something (Fahrenheit) weather was chilly for the second night of summer and a steady misting rain could have been confused for ocean spray.
—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
At the Eiffel Tower and other popular Paris venues, misting stations were set up to help crowds cope, per AP.
—
Jessica Mekles,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misting
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The irony is a bit hard to ignore — the very environment being modified to protect or maintain beaches was simultaneously obscuring the ecological processes happening just offshore.
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And what’s a novelist but a fence, furnishing imaginary scenes with choice pieces of reality while obscuring their provenance?
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Auto-correct tools generally brighten photos, but this one also knows when an image needs darkening.
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Moonrise will take place across North America in blue hour, when the sky is darkening but still retains color — perfect timing.
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Waves act like moving lenses, warping light and blurring underwater objects.
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These makers are much more reticent about the risks of blurring the once fine line between browsing sites and asking a large language model a question or instructing it to take potentially sensitive actions.
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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.
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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.
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Breaking the cycle of mosquito breeding in a non-toxic way reduces reliance on harmful fogging chemicals, which kill insects indiscriminately.
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Then remove the spark plug and add a fogging oil or small quantity of Marvel Mystery oil to the cylinder and replace the spark plug.
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“Misting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misting. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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