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obfuscate

[ob-fuh-skeyt, ob-fuhs-keyt] / ˈɒb fəˌskeɪt, ɒbˈfʌs keɪt /


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Taylor Farms’ response frustrated administration officials, who viewed it as an effort to cast doubt on the broader investigation and obfuscate the company’s role.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

You don’t get to walk into my courtroom, pretend that’s top of mind, then obfuscate when I ask why your office is still running illegally.

From Slate Mar. 20, 2026

Blanche also responded to two other files highlighted by Massie, saying those files do not obfuscate any substantive information.

From BBC Feb. 10, 2026

While Ferguson gets ample time to obfuscate, other, better scholars get little time to squeeze in some truth.

From Salon Nov. 1, 2025

At least Fyrian never attempted to deflect or obfuscate Luna’s many questions.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

It was a scene rarely seen in Western Washington, which so often obfuscates celestial phenomena with clouds stretching so far into the horizon you wonder if they ever end.

From Seattle Times May 11, 2024

The rhetoric that a job is a passion obfuscates reality: It is an economic contract, Simone Stolzoff argues.

From New York Times Jun. 7, 2023

“It’s time to stop calling this a drought, because that obfuscates what’s happening here. Droughts are temporary. What we’re seeing is anything but temporary,” Udall said.

From Los Angeles Times May 11, 2022

But McConnell still has the sense that people might think there is something wrong with being an amoral monster so he obfuscates.

From Salon Apr. 8, 2022

In such a state I was, and I assume many of us are, in respect to the principle of "development" which obfuscates pedagogy, in its connection with the rudiments.

From Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales by Leo Tolstoy, Count

The author now alleges that Euracare has "stalled and muddied and obfuscated" over the inquest and has requested Nigeria's Federal High Court block the inquiry.

From BBC Jun. 14, 2026

Like most proprietary software, Claude’s source code is usually obfuscated and hard to reverse engineer.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 1, 2026

To use obfuscated servers with NordVPN, you need to switch your VPN protocol to NordWhisper.

From Salon Mar. 27, 2026

Like some previous videos released by the US government, a section of the boat is obfuscated for unspecified reasons.

From Barron's Nov. 7, 2025

They acted slowly and without resolve, they backtracked, they obfuscated, they spoke with a small hesitant voice when what was needed was a howl.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

"They could be accessing these platforms with VPNs, or obfuscating their ages," Yasmin London, Global Online Safety Expert for Qustodio, said.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

The idea that this has to be weighted down with law-review articles and footnotes and arcana about the history of a three-part test is a way of obfuscating, right?

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

Robots may threaten ordinary human interactions while obfuscating what it means to be human.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

Badenoch said the prime minister was "obfuscating" and that he owed MPs "an explanation".

From BBC Dec. 4, 2024

The art of so obfuscating his expression with words that neither his friends nor his enemies can come to any positive conclusion as to what he means.

From Mixed Faces by Roy Norton




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