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- noun Plural form of
obscurity .
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Examples
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Introduction I have been able to write: Malaria, the history of which not long ago presented such obscurities, is today one of the best known diseases.
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There are certain obscurities that I think should be cleared up.
The Role of Canada in the Challenge of the East to the West 1947
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Obscure in the sense that it dealt with "obscurities," current jargon for tasks which were too intricate, problematic, sensitive or bloody for the talents and tastes of its contemporaries.
Psychosphere Lumley, Brian 1984
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The trio's heavy-footed Krautrock drumbeat was met by a winsome sitar, earning it a place on this compilation of obscurities four decades later.
Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Rediscovering Legacies in India, Thailand and Indonesia Derek Beres 2011
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The trio's heavy-footed Krautrock drumbeat was met by a winsome sitar, earning it a place on this compilation of obscurities four decades later.
Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Rediscovering Legacies in India, Thailand and Indonesia Derek Beres 2011
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Mr. Thompson sets out to explore the landscape that has fired his imagination by searching out the legends behind the songs, from infamous icons like the actual House of the Rising Sun and voodoo queen Marie Laveau to obscurities like the bayou ax murderer who craved hot jazz.
A Road Trip in Search of Ghosts Eddie Dean 2010
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A lot of good stuff falls in this area — R&B, Hip Hop, Metal, Adult Contemporary and Country hits with limited mass appeal, obscurities from outside the U.S., movie soundtrack junk, lesser-known singles from big name acts, etc.
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Back catalogs are illuminated, obscurities arbitrarily enthroned.
School of Rock 2009
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A lot of good stuff falls in this area — R&B, Hip Hop, Metal, Adult Contemporary and Country hits with limited mass appeal, obscurities from outside the U.S., movie soundtrack junk, lesser-known singles from big name acts, etc.
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The trio's heavy-footed Krautrock drumbeat was met by a winsome sitar, earning it a place on this compilation of obscurities four decades later.
Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Rediscovering Legacies in India, Thailand and Indonesia Derek Beres 2011
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