ambiguity

Example Sentences

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Since then, he’s become something of an expert in dealing with high-stress ambiguity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The new policy erases all ambiguity around the question of whether bot-made text can exist on Wikipedia’s public pages to begin with.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

This ambiguity is, at least partly, by design.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

In conflict zones, this ambiguity is particularly pronounced.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

It was neither a “contract with abolition” nor a “covenant with death,” but rather a prudent exercise in ambiguity.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis