opaque
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“They are proposing to deprioritize it at the same time that they are encouraging plans to invest in more complicated, opaque investments. It’s infuriating.”
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
Keeping meeting minutes opaque may be part of that broader plan.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
But the mom’s parting gift, a diary, provides opaque glimpses into her life with Alfonso in the mid-1980s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
In a report published in February, the independent advisory committee Auroville Global Fellowship pointed to "opaque land transactions".
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
She took the medallion out of her pocket and cupped it in her hands, looking at it, but the stone was opaque and revealed nothing.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
The helmet ports were opaqued so there was no way to tell what expression went with the gesture.
From Sense of Obligation by Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)
"We're here first," Ihjel said, opaquing the ports and turning on the cabin lights.
From Sense of Obligation by Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)
Vocabulary lists containing opaque
Ender's Game
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
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The Things They Carried
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