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ambiguity

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


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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

As Mr. Dunaway points out, eyeglasses carry an ambiguity that still shapes modern society.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Bisaria describes the post-conflict environment as "a new normal with some degree of strategic ambiguity".

From BBC • May 7, 2026

The student coordinator had blundered into the problem of syntactic ambiguity.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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