opacity

Meeks knows when and where to give his lead character distance, respecting that opacity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government and the Catholic Church in Spain signed an agreement in March to compensate victims, after years of reticence and opacity from the Church hierarchy.

From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026

The wide spread in estimates reflects the opacity of Iran’s oil system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

The experience of the nonagency mortgage-backed securities market before the 2008 financial crisis shows how opacity can enable misrepresentations of asset quality, erode investor confidence and contribute to market unraveling.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 13, 2026

But in successive turns you grow an opacity, a pearl-like glow whose surface can repel all manner of heat and light.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

When Sovannarie was 3 months old, her parents noticed something unusual about their daughter: white opacities in both pupils.

From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2022

I think that’s what’s super fun about it: You can create so much depth in a nail from different opacities of color, where you can’t get that with a flat paint.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2021

The panels come in different opacities — some are clear, while others block more UV light for sun protection.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2021

“Don’t Believe a Word,” a new book by the Guardian writer and editor David Shariatmadari, delves into the riddles of language: the opacities, ambushes, dead ends, sudden ecstasies.

From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2020

"The material simply admits all light-vibrations, or perhaps curves them, just as the opacities cut them off," I answered.

From The Moon Pool by Abraham Merritt