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verb

obfuscate

to render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible

In a sentence

Six example sentences with obfuscate, each labelled with its topic.

  • The footnotes obfuscate the debt, splitting one loan across four subsidiaries so no page shows the full amount.

    Finance

  • Officials who obfuscate in a hearing repeat the question back, cite three unrelated statutes, and never name a date.

    Politics

  • The pitch deck obfuscated churn by showing only cumulative signups, and the first investor to ask for monthly numbers walked out.

    Startups

  • Developers obfuscate the shipped code, renaming every function to a single letter so competitors cannot read the design.

    Technology

  • The clause seems written to obfuscate, since it defines a term by reference to two other terms defined nowhere.

    Law

  • Jargon can obfuscate a weak result, and reviewers now ask authors to restate the main finding in plain words.

    Science

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