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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

A source close to Mahmood said the document is clumsy in its wording, and it was right the language is reviewed to ensure there is no ambiguity.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 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

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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