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opacity

[oh-pas-i-tee] / oʊˈpæs ɪ ti /
NOUN
cloudiness
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Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government and the Catholic Church in Spain signed an agreement in March to compensate victims, after years of reticence and opacity from the Church hierarchy.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Apollo Global Management said this month it would start to offer investors daily valuations for its private-credit funds in an effort to limit concerns about the opacity.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The experience of the nonagency mortgage-backed securities market before the 2008 financial crisis shows how opacity can enable misrepresentations of asset quality, erode investor confidence and contribute to market unraveling.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

With the stakes as high as they are, the president's opacity is notable.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

The opacity of his classroom manner reflected his own insecurity with newly discovered phenomena that require a novel cast of mind to understand even today.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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