opacity
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The US firm said earlier this year that investors had raised concerns about "ongoing opacity in shareholding structures" as well as co-ordinated trading behaviour that affected price information.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Such opacity makes the ships difficult to police.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Some analysts, however, argue that opacity in decision-making creates more uncertainty for markets.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
But if it’s part of a larger pattern of opacity, instability and conflicting messaging, something larger might be coming down the pike.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026
The opacity and complexity of the bond market was, for big Wall Street firms, a huge advantage.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
He said the condition that caused the opacities could have killed him if his wife hadn’t sent him for a checkup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2025
When Sovannarie was 3 months old, her parents noticed something unusual about their daughter: white opacities in both pupils.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2022
The panels come in different opacities — some are clear, while others block more UV light for sun protection.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2021
She ordered a scan of my lungs to see if ground-glass opacities, or light-colored patches, appeared, a sign that Covid had affected my lungs.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2021
But in all these writers cataracta seems to be included under the general term pannus, meaning opacities of every kind.
From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Henry Ebenezer Handerson
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