as in to confuse
to make (something) unclear to the understanding
irrelevant matters that only serve to obfuscate the fundamental issue of guilt or innocence
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Recent Examples of obfuscate
Easy to dupe the electorate, to greenwash, to spin, to obfuscate, and to sell the politics of greed.
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Christine Winter, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
Asked to provide examples of municipalities that have done such a thing, city officials obfuscated and waffled.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
Putin has been obfuscating how weak the Russian economy is by hiding and fudging the numbers.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 23 Jan. 2025
While the deluge of lawsuits challenging Mr. Musk’s authority has at times provided some clarity, many of the filings appear to obfuscate basic details about the larger goals at play and the people responsible for carrying them out.
—Zach Montague, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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Christine Winter, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
Asked to provide examples of municipalities that have done such a thing, city officials obfuscated and waffled.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
Putin has been obfuscating how weak the Russian economy is by hiding and fudging the numbers.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 23 Jan. 2025
While the deluge of lawsuits challenging Mr. Musk’s authority has at times provided some clarity, many of the filings appear to obfuscate basic details about the larger goals at play and the people responsible for carrying them out.
—Zach Montague, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Obfuscate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obfuscate. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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