obscurity
Example Sentences
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In rising from political obscurity to challenge longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins, Platner has left Maine voters with two disparate impressions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
When they left their ships, Dr Stenton said the sailors "stepped onto a path that would lead to their own deaths and in a sense into obscurity".
From BBC • May 26, 2026
Aerosmith producer Jack Douglas rescued the group from obscurity after catching Cheap Trick’s act at a bowling alley in Waukesha, Wis. Impressed, he offered to help.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Also making an appearance in “Bigger Than Fashion” is Virgil Abloh, the influential designer who rose from obscurity in suburban Chicago to launch Off-White, a brand with Duchampian “nothing is new” chic, in 2013.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
If there was a silver lining, it was that the earthquake brought new funding and world attention to a country that had suffered in obscurity through too many natural, political, and health disasters.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing obscurity
The Maze Runner
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Pygmalion
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"The Minister's Black Veil" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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