opaque
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Maritime analysts say sanctions have changed the way some vessels operate, with ships increasingly relying on opaque ownership structures, changing flags and insurers, and complex management networks in order to continue trading.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
During argument, Sotomayor pointed to findings that Google’s interfaces themselves were confusing and opaque.
From Slate • May 20, 2026
But they are also often opaque and hard to understand.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
They also spoke out against "pervasive, opaque and harmful industrial subsidies, market-distortive practices of state-owned enterprises, and all forms of forced technology transfer".
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
He darted furtive, guilty glances back as he fled in defeat, afraid the old woman might now start following him, and he welcomed the concealing shelter of the drizzling, drifting, lightless, nearly opaque gloom.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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Ender's Game
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