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as in hazy
filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension
enjoyed the misty view of the thunderous falls from the deck of the sightseeing boat
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as in vague
not seen or understood clearly
I've a misty understanding of the issue but not so much that I could vote intelligently
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Recent Examples of misty
This is partially because the lungs breathe out moisture in misty breaths.
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
His eyes had turned misty at the memory of his mother’s words.
—Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
Dierks Bentley, Lainey Wilson, Larkin Poe, Blessing Offor and Kelsea Ballerini braved the misty rain to chat with media, mingle with their peers and listen to some of Nashville's best perform live.
—Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 25 Jan. 2024
Mayfair Witches is off to the misty isles of Scotland in its second season, introducing us to new members of the family who still live in the ancestral homelands of their witchy dynasty.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
His eyes had turned misty at the memory of his mother’s words.
—Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
Dierks Bentley, Lainey Wilson, Larkin Poe, Blessing Offor and Kelsea Ballerini braved the misty rain to chat with media, mingle with their peers and listen to some of Nashville's best perform live.
—Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 25 Jan. 2024
Mayfair Witches is off to the misty isles of Scotland in its second season, introducing us to new members of the family who still live in the ancestral homelands of their witchy dynasty.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misty
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Thin lines and hazy glowing colors make the towering, randomized geometric structures look like something from a French comic book.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
16 Mar. 2025
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Recall what the natural 2024 total solar eclipse looked like: a hazy white halo around a dark circle.—
Monisha Ravisetti,
Space.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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Courtenay Brown Mar 6, 2025 - Business Trump stares down early economic potholes Buy your local economist a drink: The economic backdrop is more chaotic and uncertain than it's been in years — a result of fast-moving and sometimes vague Trump policy.—
Axios,
Axios,
11 Mar. 2025
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Having lost an extra 30 minutes in the meeting above, another manager speeds through a document review, providing only vague feedback to her direct report.—
Shani Harmon,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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The fish live in seasonal pools and ponds formed during the rainy season and lay their eggs in the muddy ground.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2025
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The beginning of the workweek could be rainy with a 40% chance of precipitation and high near 60.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Mar. 2025
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My duties typically involved being sent to the nearby New York Public Library to hunt down some faint memory scratching at Carter’s brain.—
Seth Abramovitch,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Mar. 2025
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Most of the files are scans of documents, and some are blurred or have become faint or difficult to read in the decades since Kennedy's assassination.—
Joel Shannon,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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The situation here becomes more murky because Fusion GPS hired Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer, to investigate Trump’s ties with Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
14 Mar. 2025
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This is where things get really interesting—and ethically murky.—
Tim Bates,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Misty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misty. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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