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ambiguous

[am-big-yoo-uhs] / æmˈbɪg yu əs /


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But market reaction has been far less ambiguous.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Instead, the justices spent the hearing as they customarily do, engaged in a complex and legalistic discussion about how to analyze ambiguous text and how to weigh historical evidence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

“If a statute is ambiguous, then it’s the court that makes the call about what the statute means, not the agency,” Pettit explained.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

“I love those lyrics because they’re ambiguous enough, but they’re also something that we can apply a meaning to.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

My mother tried to explain, yet each time she did I found her explanations vague, cryptic, obscure, ambiguous, enigmatic and too fantastic to be believable.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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