ambiguity
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Along with a looser framing, shadow and contrast highlight loneliness and emotional ambiguity.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Some hospitals in states with bans have provided similar prewritten language their physicians can use to remove ambiguity about why an abortion falls under an emergency exception.
From Salon • May 27, 2026
You isolate the question, define the terms, anticipate the ambiguity.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Bisaria describes the post-conflict environment as "a new normal with some degree of strategic ambiguity".
From BBC • May 7, 2026
And I vaguely remember Lara smiling at me from the doorway, the glittering ambiguity of a girl’s smile, which seems to promise an answer to the question but never gives it.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
Vocabulary lists containing ambiguity
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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Romeo and Juliet
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