Sentence examples for in opaque terms from inspiring English sources

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And in public appearances, they maintained an aloof solemnity and spoke in opaque terms that often left Mexicans puzzling over what the new ruler was thinking.

Although none of the booksellers have disclosed their locations, a few have been in sporadic contact with family members to communicate, in opaque terms, that they are "assisting in an investigation".

In opaque terms, that means Grindr expects a high level of self-moderation from its community.

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And his argument that groundbreaking techniques — to "locate, target and kill key individuals in extremist groups" — were as important as the surge in stemming violence lacks force; they are described in highly opaque terms because, he says, "disclosing the details of such operations could compromise their ongoing use".

Many end up trapped in long-term debt caused by hidden fees, costly rollovers and opaque terms and conditions.

In the story entitled "Istikhara, Anaya, Medagan and the Medaganat," for example, the first two pages constitute a lecture on what the opaque terms "istikhara" and "anaya" mean.

It's an opaque term.

So in an Asian culture where perhaps an initial meeting may be very cool, you have to understand it's a cultural thing, where people will not display any emotion in the first meeting and will be quite opaque in terms of how they react to you.

I think [Naomi's] intentions and her motivations have been intentionally opaque in terms of what she's really after.

Under field conditions, the differentially expressed proteins in opaque chalky grains under moderate (2009) and heat stress (2010) suggest three highly enriched functional terms, i.e. LEA proteins, HSPs, and glutathione peroxidase and S-transferase.

Janet Tavakoli: Well, those things are helpful, but they're cosmetic in terms of dealing with the problems we just discussed, because these contracts are embedded in opaque documents.

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