In recent years, the tradition has emerged from obscurity. He has been living in relative obscurity in a small town in the mountains. After a promising first novel, she faded into obscurity.
Recent Examples on the WebFrucci, who played football and rugby at Hanover, acknowledges the obscurity of water skiing, especially in the Northeast. Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2022 The Bartletts and 27 others competed in relative obscurity.BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2022 All of this comes as belated but welcome recognition to Scott Speed, the American F1 racer who drove for Toro Rosso in 2007 and 2008, in relative obscurity in his home country. Steven Cole Smith, Car and Driver, 21 Aug. 2022 These two judges did groundbreaking work, in relative obscurity, to protect low-income debtors brought to court by predatory lenders. Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022 When Batchan was developing the idea for Lock & Key in relative obscurity, paying attention to Los Angeles’ cultural rhythms — at the dawn of nightlife’s speakeasy renaissance — was paramount to selecting the right location. Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 June 2022 The movement’s transitions—from obscurity to power; from the needs of the contemporary global poor to those of our distant descendants—have not been altogether smooth. Gideon Lewis-kraus, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022 Fisher, an actor who Snyder had plucked from obscurity to play Cyborg in Synder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, started speaking out against Whedon, the director who’d been hired to replace Snyder on Justice League back in 2017. Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2022 Now, not even a Yeezy partnership can meaningfully lift it from obscurity. Allison Morrow, CNN, 13 July 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English obscurite, borrowed from Anglo-French oscurté, obscurité, borrowed from Latin obscūritāt-, obscūritās, from obscūrus "dim, dark, imperfectly known, concealed from knowledge, incomprehensible" + -itāt-, -itās-ity — more at obscure entry 1