obscuring

Example Sentences

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But year-over-year measures lag; they blend today’s momentum with price changes from 12 months ago, obscuring whether inflation is accelerating right now.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

The 18-year-old who is about to become Britain's youngest ever Formula 1 driver is sitting on a beach in Bahrain, a Gulf mist obscuring the still-rising sun, and he's pondering a question.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Women and gay users in the country feel the most stigma around dating, often obscuring their faces and leaving few identifying details on dating apps.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

One of her original creations, the faded cabaret queen Lola Heatherton, armored herself in plastered-on wigs and stage finery, façades obscuring the jittery desperation of a woman hanging on by the quicks of her fingernails.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026

Sometimes Elizebeth also worked as a cryptographer, which meant that she was the one coming up with ways of obscuring the plaintext.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield