ambiguous

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It’s a buzzy yet ambiguous term, and its very lack of definition means it might already appear deflated, depending on the metrics used to evaluate it.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 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

He’s been ambiguous about the answer, saying in an interview last Friday that he’ll know it “when I feel it in my bones.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 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

It was apparent right from the start that discovery, priority and originality were ambiguous and, at the limit, incoherent; and that these values conflicted with the obligation to check and check again before publication.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton