How to Use opacity in a Sentence

opacity

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  • Critics have noted the opacity of her writing style.
  • Still, burgeoning business ties with Russia come at a cost, even if that is difficult to quantify because of its opacity.
    — Pei-Lin Wu, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
  • The keypad can be customized to easily select tools or different functions on Adobe software, while the dial can be used to control things like zoom, brush sizes or image opacity.
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
  • For the rest of the trip the river had the color and opacity of pea soup.
    — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
  • For the rest of the trip the river had the color and opacity of pea soup.
    — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
  • But the opacity of the process has led others to call it a shakedown.
    — Ben Hubbard, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Because of the opacity of the supply chain, the risks are higher than any of us would like.
    — WSJ, 16 Oct. 2016
  • Delta The opacity of the on-screen buttons can be modified in the menu.
    — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 18 Apr. 2024
  • What is a timeless trend? Lipstick: the shades, the texture and the opacity will change.
    — Monica Corcoran Harel, Variety, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The red flags, the opacity of it all, should shine a light on the dangerous swamp that is US election funding.
    — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The trouble for investors is that this opacity may not last much longer.
    — Charley Grant, WSJ, 7 Aug. 2018
  • One coat does the trick with these polishes, but two gives you even more opacity.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, SELF, 30 June 2017
  • Further: some linen clothing can be far too see-through—but the Eileen is just the right level of opacity.
    — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 19 June 2021
  • Denier, which measures fabric weight, gauges the opacity of a pair of tights.
    — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Nov. 2022
  • With the zero percent opacity no one can see through it.
    — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 8 July 2019
  • There is a whole new level of opacity in the budget numbers.
    — Jayati Ghosh, Quartz India, 2 Feb. 2020
  • That opacity is a risk, along with the fact that the secondary market for middle-market CLOs is scant.
    — Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2019
  • The problem is China’s extreme opacity, which in many ways grew worse in Xi’s watch.
    — William Pesek, Forbes, 28 June 2022
  • So far, there haven’t been any protests, not even from the economic old guard who most profit from opacity.
    — WIRED, 10 July 2023
  • For all their opacity, Whistler’s street scenes are alive, peopled with crowds at a bazaar or peering in windows.
    — Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The level of opacity will affect how much sunlight will be blocked.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 July 2023
  • In the time since, however, YouTube has stood out for the opacity of its process for reinstating Trump.
    — Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The results surprised him: the parabola was no longer a lens, but at full opacity, a mirror.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2024
  • There is just an opacity to the number 6 million people.
    — Time, 16 Sep. 2022
  • These tights offer the stretch of traditional tights but the opacity and comfort of a legging.
    — L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 26 June 2023
  • How it’s held up: Even as the months have passed, the canopy’s fabric remains waterproof and vibrant, not losing its hue or opacity in the sun.
    — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 27 June 2023
  • The previous storm had an opacity level, or tau, of 5.5.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 11 June 2018
  • That raises serious concerns about the opacity of the vote.
    — Anna Momigliano, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2017
  • Only the shadows cast by objects will appear, so opacity, size, and shape are key.
    — Kim Hutchison, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2022
  • When testing for opacity, these received top marks with no light shining through when stretched out.
    — L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 26 June 2023

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