as in shady
protected from the sun's rays
sat in a shadowed corner of the garden
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as in chased
to go after or on the track of
shadowing the suspect to see what he was up to
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as in obscured
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
thickening clouds shadowed the countryside
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Recent Examples of shadowed
Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Defined by extreme cold, long periods of darkness, rugged landscapes and permanently shadowed craters, the lunar south pole is regarded as one of the most extreme environments humans will have ever explored, NASA says.
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Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
The Narrows, a slot canyon carved by the Virgin River, draws thousands of hikers into its cool, shadowed embrace each year.
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Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
28 June 2026
According to reports, he is shadowed by security at all times, and his privacy is of the utmost concern.
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Joyce Chen,
Architectural Digest,
25 June 2026
But reviewers and others have continued to criticize the absence of references to the child molestation allegations that continually shadowed the singer.
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Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
On Tuesday, the Grigorovich was being shadowed by HMS Mersey, a Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel operating in the area at the time of the incident, the spokesperson said.
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Hira Humayun,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
This includes driving through freezing, permanently shadowed craters to search for lunar water ice.
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Chris Young
june 13,
New Atlas,
13 June 2026
Freud’s unflinching depiction of her naked body—a Baroque topography of colliding, dramatically shadowed folds—reportedly took longer to embrace.
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Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
10 June 2026
Verb
The bear case that shadowed the company for two years, that a frontier lab spends more to serve a customer than the customer pays, was wrong from the start.
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Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Defined by extreme cold, long periods of darkness, rugged landscapes and permanently shadowed craters, the lunar south pole is regarded as one of the most extreme environments humans will have ever explored, NASA says.
—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
The Narrows, a slot canyon carved by the Virgin River, draws thousands of hikers into its cool, shadowed embrace each year.
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Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
28 June 2026
According to reports, he is shadowed by security at all times, and his privacy is of the utmost concern.
—
Joyce Chen,
Architectural Digest,
25 June 2026
But reviewers and others have continued to criticize the absence of references to the child molestation allegations that continually shadowed the singer.
—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
On Tuesday, the Grigorovich was being shadowed by HMS Mersey, a Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel operating in the area at the time of the incident, the spokesperson said.
—
Hira Humayun,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
This includes driving through freezing, permanently shadowed craters to search for lunar water ice.
—
Chris Young
june 13,
New Atlas,
13 June 2026
Freud’s unflinching depiction of her naked body—a Baroque topography of colliding, dramatically shadowed folds—reportedly took longer to embrace.
—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shadowed
Adjective
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The weather service also cautions the heat index is calculated for shady areas only.
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That makes these networks valuable for people trying to hide mass scraping, fake ad clicks, account attacks or other shady activity.
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Achraf Hakimi looked to have another opportunity to take an open shot on goal in the 54th minute, until Dutch defender Micky van de Ven chased him down and made a risky tackle in the goal box.
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Kids whose families had been chased out of half of Europe started the picture studios, the scrap yards that became fortunes, and eventually the software companies that created a whole new world of ones and zeros.
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Wernicke says that's wrong—and that the misattribution has obscured something important.
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The documents in question include eight emails with either the sender or recipient blacked out, a draft indictment of Epstein with the names of potential co-conspirators obscured and a 2019 email that mentions several co-conspirators whose names were redacted.
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Spray shaded areas because fleas typically are not found in hot, dry, sunny spots of your yard.
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Los Tamarindos bar/restaurant serves Spanish and Menorcan favourites right on the sand, shaded by tamarisk trees.
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She’s talked up her push to convert darkened streetlights, many of them stripped of their copper wire, to solar power.
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In the darkened foyer, Ember contemplated this unassuming bit of paper, momentarily paralyzed by a mixture of dread and excitement stirred together, an overpowering sensation that oozed from the crown of her head, down the length of her body, then hardened, like a soft golden resin becoming solid.
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Researchers tracked nearly 1 million students who enrolled in 86 public colleges in Texas, starting in the 2008-09 academic year.
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Ships tracked making the crossing along the coast of Oman included a mix of cargo vessels and tankers, many bound for Oman's Shinos port, while others were broadcasting destinations including Singapore, India and Malaysia.
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Today, however, algorithmic feeds have increasingly blurred the boundaries between tween and adult style.
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The concept has overwhelmingly blurred the lines between professional and personal hours for physicians, overburdening an already tenuous workforce.
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By then Tanacharison is telling Washington that he is mystically protected, in the mode of certain Indigenous warriors who were placed on earth to be leaders.
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Steinbaugh argued the email was protected speech under the First Amendment and does not represent a legitimate threat.
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“Shadowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shadowed. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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