opaque
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How exactly Cerimedo got into politics — and how he became a right-wing rabble-rouser — remains somewhat opaque.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Top of the list, Royal Bank said, is an opaque and shifting regulatory system that extends times and increases capital costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The International Monetary Fund, meanwhile, has warned about the opaque nature of insurance companies that are partly or fully owned by private-equity firms.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
Yet Schoenbrun’s observations are presented in the film as though they’re opaque, overloaded with smug surrealism and jam-packed with visual stimuli designed to wink and nudge at the otherwise obvious.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
His face is hidden completely behind a dark, opaque helmet, and he wears a fitted suit of black body armor.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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)
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Ender's Game
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The Things They Carried
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