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She was an unheralded pioneer of electronic music, recognized for her contributions only after decades of obscurity, and a believer in the power of the mind to access memories from distant pasts and visions of untold futures.
PAULINE ANNA STROM’S POSTHUMOUS ALBUM CEMENTS HER LEGACY AS AN ELECTRONIC MUSIC VISIONARYJONATHAN WILLIGERFEBRUARY 19, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Struum has correctly identified a problem in the modern streaming landscape, in terms of large amount of untapped content now distributed across hundreds of smaller services, much of which lingers in obscurity.
FORMER DISNEY AND DISCOVERY EXECS TO LAUNCH STRUUM, A ‘CLASSPASS FOR STREAMING SERVICES’SARAH PEREZJANUARY 7, 2021TECHCRUNCH
Maybe most of this no-name defense will continue to toil in obscurity.
THE DOLPHINS ARE MAKING A NAME FOR THEMSELVES WITH THEIR NO-NAME DEFENSETY SCHALTERDECEMBER 17, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHT
In many respects, Kenosha has managed to do just that—making it a relative success story in a nation where so many formerly auto-dependent Midwestern economies have faded into obscurity.
KENOSHA’S UNUSUAL ECONOMIC EVOLUTION MADE IT THE PERFECT POLITICAL FLASHPOINTREYMASHAYEKHISEPTEMBER 5, 2020FORTUNE
Seemingly unstoppable sites have faded into obscurity and replacements taken over.
TIKTOK MADE HIM FAMOUS. NOW HE’S IMAGINING A WORLD WITHOUT ITABBY OHLHEISERAUGUST 14, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
It was true that his sight had grown accustomed to the obscurity, for he could now see the baron's features much more distinctly.
CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and out of darkness and obscurity the eyes of the blind shall see.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS
For the house is forsaken, the multitude of the city is left, darkness and obscurity are come upon its dens for ever.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS
Lifted to the skies for an hour by popular adulation, he has been sunk into obscurity ever since by historic contempt.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUS
And respectable obscurity has ever been the distinguishing characteristic of Godalming.
THE PORTSMOUTH ROAD AND ITS TRIBUTARIESCHARLES G. HARPER
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO OBSCURITY

  • befuddlement
  • blindness
  • confusion
  • daze
  • haze
  • maze
  • mist
  • muddledness
  • muddlement
  • obscurity
  • perplexity
  • stupor
  • trance
  • vagueness
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