Sentence examples for term obfuscation from inspiring English sources

Specifically, the authors champion the titular term, obfuscation, or "the addition of ambiguous, confusing, or misleading information to interfere with surveillance and data collection projects".

Anyone who's read Fast Food Nation or seen of one Dom Littlewood's poignant exposees on the subject will know that the world of dairy is a murky one, only rivalled by the tobacco and weapons industries in terms of elite obfuscation.

With the Cabinet still divided between adherents of Green and Harkness, Diefenbaker made a speech in the Commons on January 25 that Fleming (by then Minister of Justice) termed "a model of obfuscation".

The first would see the end of obfuscation about long-term intentions.

To be able to respond to such claims we believe a convergent definition of SE which has taken its constituting concepts from the current common ground among the SE scholars will neutralize future attribution of "obfuscation and equivocation" to the term SE.

The Church in its closed mindset, sees denial as the best way to protect the institution, whereas such denial and obfuscation is what is causing long-term harm to the Church.

"The sanitized term 'antidepressant discontinuation syndrome' is the kind of well-funded obfuscation doctors and patients frequently face when trying to get honest, reliable information on these powerful drugs," he writes.

His death came after months in which his health was a national mystery, the subject of obfuscation and rumors; he spent inauguration day for his fourth term in a hospital bed in Cuba.

In every stage of these oppressions the American people have asked for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated excuses and obfuscation and seemingly unnecessary bureaucratic delay.

More harshly, Eppler (2012) believes SE "is the epitome of a buzzword; it is a term that means something slightly different to everyone and ultimately nothing to anyone, facilitating obfuscation and equivocation".

That is perfectly aligned with the Bush administration's views, and if Mr. Mukasey was initially a refreshing presence to the Senate Judiciary Committee, it was only because he justified in plain terms what other administration lawyers have said in secret memorandums often cloaked in obfuscation.