blur
verb (used with object)
to obscure or sully (something) by smearing or with a smeary substance.
has blurred
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present perfectof blur (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Dismal sentiment has been a puzzle to economists in recent years, because the survey’s traditional relationship with consumers’ actual behavior has blurred.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
And yet over time it has blurred with freedom of speech into this concept of free expression, but increasingly just disappeared.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026
Mr Stabler, who runs a groundworks business in Bempton, now has blurred vision in his left eye and says his sight is like "looking down a straw".
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2023
In an age that has blurred the lines of what television movies even are, it’s fitting that one that feels too cinematic for TV should be nominated for six Emmys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
Already the sun has blurred my vision and the world looks bathed in a haze of sparkling diamonds.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
