ambiguous

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Publicly, no Iranian official has confirmed any negotiations, but the language used is ambiguous.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 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

The characters are not in themselves complicated or ambiguous; it’s as psychologically simple as “Star Wars” was, to start — and you know how that worked out.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Some speculate that its ambiguous ending alienated audiences, although both viewers and critics seem to have liked the movie overall.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

One out of every two thousand babies is born with ambiguous genitalia.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides