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ambiguity

[am-bi-gyoo-i-tee] / ˌæm bɪˈgyu ɪ ti /


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In the age of artificial intelligence, there is the added advantage that the purposeful ambiguity of corporate jargon makes it confusing for large language models.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

In a system that depends on signals from the top, that ambiguity is telling.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Removing ambiguity around how crypto is regulated would make it easier for institutional investors to buy digital assets and for traditional finance firms such as banks to offer their own crypto products.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

But Borgli’s film demonstrates that a certain level of ambiguity and discomfort allows for complex conversation.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

The messages are urgent, but they may arrive, for all we know, in a fragrance of ambiguity.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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