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opaque

[oh-payk] / oʊˈpeɪk /




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But annual reports record far lower totals, among the opaque details activists wanted clarified.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

In buildings without submeters, tenants are often billed by third-party companies that use opaque formulas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Once faith hangs in the balance, Fielder can navigate the viewer and Seyfried through its opaque boundaries, taking all of us to Evans’ house for an uncomfortably intimate dinner.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

In recent years, private credit has ballooned from an opaque corner of the financial world into a multitrillion-dollar business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The back doors look opaque and black from the outside, but from the inside they’re transparent, so we can see where we’re going.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

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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