ambiguity
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The ambiguity in Monday’s announcement leaves open the question of whether the campaign will achieve his goal of executing the largest-ever economic-isolation campaign.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Head coach Brendon McCullum conceded there was some "ambiguity" around the regulations at the same time Stokes and Atkinson were cleared of any wrongdoing.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Friday's judgement said that while plans submitted to the UK authorities were redacted and not all rooms were identified, there was "no possible ambiguity as to the nature of the intended use of the premises".
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
But that officer’s mission was saddled with bureaucratic ambiguity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
The other is to provide her with hints about the major divisions of the sentence into phrases, thus eliminating some of the ambiguity in how to build the tree.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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“These ambiguities … are only likely to intensify as the conflict evolves,” Skuld said.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026
That includes the need to maintain the ambiguities and the nuance of the film as Tracy wrote it.
From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026
The brevity—and breakneck speed—of many of the new trade deals with the U.S. have left ambiguities that vex swift approvals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
Any ambiguities in the videos shared online were seized upon - different angles and different screengrabs were used to push a particular narrative.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026
To us today, it is tempting to ask why societies with early writing systems accepted the ambiguities that restricted writing to a few functions and a few scribes.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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