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ambiguity
noun as in uncertainty of meaning
Example Sentences
If you don’t follow New York sports, a Jets or Giants reference there would have left some ambiguity, but a Yankees one means that Musk will get his ransom.
“They deal in quiet emotion, pain, moral ambiguity and slow-burn tension, and that doesn’t always sit easily with people.”
The policy change would "provide clearer direction for officers, reduce ambiguity and enable them to focus on matters that meet the threshold for criminal investigations," the spokesperson added.
The so-called Rashomon Effect has been used in cinema and television to enhance a mood of ambiguity, with a character’s recollection of events qualified as subjective, and not objective truth.
"For a market addicted to ambiguity, that's the perfect cocktail -- one part anxiety, one part relief, stirred, not shaken."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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