as in haze
an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency the city's smog was once so bad that darkness often prevailed, even at noon

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Recent Examples of smog However, warmer, breezier weather helped to mitigate the smog. Sophia Saifi, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024 And that pattern of expansion is resulting in the same problems — congestion, smog, water shortages, sprawl — that many residents moved there from California to escape. Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024 Statewide, disadvantaged neighborhoods in the Los Angeles metro area had the highest concentrations of smog and soot. Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024 Its three-stage filtration is designed to target pollutants such as smog and smoke, pet dander, hair, and other allergens. Toni Sutton, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for smog 
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Noun
  • Uranus has methane, too—more, in fact—but the strength of its blue is diluted by haze in its upper atmosphere.
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The scene feels more like fantasy than reality, perhaps a daydream or hallucination conjured from one of Lois’s alcoholic hazes.
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Plot: Marge accidentally kills Flanders during one of his fog walks.
    Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Unlike the multi-sensor setups of Waymo and Cruise, Tesla’s reliance on cameras alone presents challenges, particularly in low-visibility conditions like fog, snow, or harsh sunlight.
    Michael Khouw, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • This increase is due to higher software expenses and cloud hosting services.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
  • The technique, also known as solar radiation management, encompasses a range of technologies including sunshields in space, marine cloud brightening and stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI).
    Lara Williams, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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  • Since 2013, Hoskin has been transplanting armoured mist frogs from the surviving population into new, similarly sunny habitats and closely monitoring the health of these new colonies.
    Martin J. Kernan, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2024
  • This cool mist humidifier has also racked up more than 14,000 perfect ratings from Amazon shoppers, and more than 5,000 people have added it to their virtual carts in the past month.
    Toni Sutton, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024

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“Smog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smog. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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