as in incomprehensible
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for obfuscatory
Adjective
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Also, incomprehensible to anyone that understands water policy in the state.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
12 Jan. 2025 -
Humans may occasionally make seemingly random, incomprehensible, and inconsistent mistakes, but such occurrences are rare and often indicative of more serious problems.—
Bruce Schneier,
IEEE Spectrum,
11 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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What made this call even more puzzling was the fact that replays showed To'oTo'o's hit appeared to make more contact with his own teammate than with Mahomes himself.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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One of the more puzzling things to observe over the past many years in higher education is the lack of scrutiny, or even basic curiosity, about online colleges and online college programs.—
Derek Newton,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Presenting as an indecipherable puzzle is paramount.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2025
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It's presented as a form of thermal vision accompanied by muddled and indecipherable audio.—
Simon Thompson,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Colleagues in low- and middle-income countries who provide HIV services funded by PEPFAR say that they were instructed to stop work and that the language of Secretary Rubio’s waiver was too vague to have any meaningful impact.—
Gavin Yamey,
TIME,
3 Feb. 2025
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With the sweeping and vague language of Trump’s order and the notorious nature of Guantanamo as a place where human rights abuses can be kept out of sight, will the U.S. be able to defend itself against such accusations with a straight face?—
The Miami Herald Editorial Board,
Orlando Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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These were really dramatic, inexplicable, but occasional events.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 Feb. 2025
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There are a handful of grand gestures thrown in for good measure, from recurring comic bits (the associate principal has a bad habit of getting nosebleeds at the worst possible moment) to not one but two inexplicable interpretive-dance vignettes.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The groundbreaking find, the researchers claim, could reshape our understanding of the universe and its most powerful and mysterious signals.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
27 Jan. 2025
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Several years later, Hoffa disappeared under mysterious circumstances and was never seen again.—
David Wharton,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Nadella not being read in on the nebulous details of Stargate says a lot about how much Microsoft and OpenAI have drifted apart.—
Alex Heath,
The Verge,
25 Jan. 2025
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That looks suspicious when other people, including agent Nicole Robinson (Krys Marshall) and nebulous billionaire Samantha Redmond (Nicholson), find out.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This obscure economics concept shows a profitable path forward even though our competitors are drastically undercutting us.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
4 Feb. 2025
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Radio Paradise also offers extensive biographies of artists both famous and obscure.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Obfuscatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obfuscatory. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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