as in muddy
having visible particles in liquid suspension
the pond water became turbid from our swimming and splashing
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Recent Examples of turbid
In science, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, yet in turbid water, absence of observation becomes its own kind of uncertainty.
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Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
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Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turbid
muddy
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Not even foundations are visible, and a long gravel road toward that part of the island leads past occasional farms and vast swaths of emptiness and then, finally, to a muddy riverbank thick with mosquitos.
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After all that digging and splashing, a muddy dog still has to come back inside.
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“Turbid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turbid. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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