opaque
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Five U.S. tech giants’ hidden debts soar to $1.65 trillion on opaque AI funding.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Spark, whose novels often deal in religious matters, was opaque when explaining her own faith.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
“They are proposing to deprioritize it at the same time that they are encouraging plans to invest in more complicated, opaque investments. It’s infuriating.”
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
But the mom’s parting gift, a diary, provides opaque glimpses into her life with Alfonso in the mid-1980s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
In the process, Goldman Sachs created a security so opaque and complex that it would remain forever misunderstood by investors and rating agencies: the synthetic subprime mortgage bond–backed CDO, or collateralized debt obligation.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
The helmet ports were opaqued so there was no way to tell what expression went with the gesture.
From Sense of Obligation by Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)
"We're here first," Ihjel said, opaquing the ports and turning on the cabin lights.
From Sense of Obligation by Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)
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Ender's Game
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