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vagueness

[vayg-nis] / ˈveɪg nɪs /


NOUN
indistinctness
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Whether the vagueness of the rules are by design to leave it open to transgender women or a sign of an oversight that genuinely needs tightening up is not clear.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

“It addresses the vagueness and all the specific questions we have as providers,” Epstein, the Little Rock doctor, said.

From Salon May 27, 2026

The Department of Justice exploited that vagueness when it convinced a grand jury last October to charge James with bank fraud.

From Slate May 1, 2026

But in terms of its actual content, the statement was pretty thin gruel, bristling with public relations-style circumlocution and vagueness.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 27, 2026

I tell them, with pleasant vagueness, that I live on the outskirts of town, where I recently moved from Ibarra.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau




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