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The world rendered in soft focus, whether the air or your memory did it.
means A lack of clarity, literally in the air or figuratively in thought, where edges blur and details go missing.
from From hazy, an 18th-century sailor's term for thick, murky weather; landlubbers borrowed it to describe foggy thinking soon after.
Light scatteringTiny airborne particles bounce sunlight, smearing distant edges.
Brain versionSleep loss literally produces measurable mental haziness.
PhotographyHaze meters quantify it for satellite image correction.