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ambiguous

[am-big-yoo-uhs] / æmˈbɪg yu əs /


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The MoD publicly accepted the Russian explanation, but three senior Western defence sources later told the BBC the Russian pilot had fired the missile following an ambiguous command from a Russian ground station.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

The first is whether our “strategic ambiguity” is really ambiguous at all.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

The last tail risk for risk assets that Steer identifies is concerns about Taiwan, following ambiguous comments about the island’s future after the summit between President Donald Trump China’s leader Xi Jinping.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

Text messages in court records show a brief and ambiguous exchange between McCluskie and Williamson that backs that up.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

The Sexual Disorders and Gender Identity Clinic, which he founded in 1968, had become the foremost facility in the world for the study and treatment of conditions of ambiguous gender.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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