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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
obfuscate .
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Examples
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I would suggest that there are occasions when the very term obfuscates rather than clarifies, and the al Bashir indictment is one of them.
Ben S. Cohen: Omar al Bashir and the Problem of Whataboutery 2010
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I would suggest that there are occasions when the very term obfuscates rather than clarifies, and the al Bashir indictment is one of them.
Ben S. Cohen: Omar al Bashir and the Problem of Whataboutery 2010
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In defining the goal of those who oppose us as a clash of civilizations, whereby he asserts that they seek to "extend the caliphate", he once again obfuscates the potential for reasoned clarity and measured dialogue.
Is That Legal?: Paging Ken Mehlman, Paging Ken Mehlman . . . 2006
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The word obfuscates the very thing it is meant to identify.
Simulating terror 2005
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I would suggest that there are occasions when the very term obfuscates rather than clarifies, and the al Bashir indictment is one of them.
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Using such terms obfuscates the issue by causing a false optimism while diminishing the specter of the fanatics who rampage the globe in the name of Islam.
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This kind of obfuscates things because Guantanamo Bay is not an overseas American territory.
Matthew Yglesias » Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism 2010
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Google backpedals on IP 'anonymization' claim - Google has departed from the usual false claims of anonymization to say that after 9 months, it "obfuscates" your IP address.
Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now Ina Fried 2010
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Google backpedals on IP 'anonymization' claim - Google has departed from the usual false claims of anonymization to say that after 9 months, it "obfuscates" your IP address.
Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now Ina Fried 2010
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"Domestic violence," for example, obfuscates the fact that, while women do assault their husbands, most of the violence goes the other way.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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