opacity
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The US firm said earlier this year that investors had raised concerns about "ongoing opacity in shareholding structures" as well as co-ordinated trading behaviour that affected price information.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Such opacity makes the ships difficult to police.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
This could be useful if it reduces the opacity around China’s AI progress and creates a hotline in case of harm from rogue agents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Some analysts, however, argue that opacity in decision-making creates more uncertainty for markets.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 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
He said the condition that caused the opacities could have killed him if his wife hadn’t sent him for a checkup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2025
When Sovannarie was 3 months old, her parents noticed something unusual about their daughter: white opacities in both pupils.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2022
The panels come in different opacities — some are clear, while others block more UV light for sun protection.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2021
“Don’t Believe a Word,” a new book by the Guardian writer and editor David Shariatmadari, delves into the riddles of language: the opacities, ambushes, dead ends, sudden ecstasies.
From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2020
These may be treated with nitrate of silver lotion of twice the strength used for opacities.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
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