ambiguous

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“The fund is going to plaintiffs who were victims of lawfare or weaponization. … Those are pretty ambiguous terms. They’re sort of in the eye of the beholder,” Nixon said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

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 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

“A negative or ambiguous summit conclusion, a Taiwan headline, or a further rise in U.S. yields could trigger rapid de-hedging and a sharper-than-expected move,” he added.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

The syntax can be defective, convoluted, ambiguous; these are flaws that can be prevented by an awareness of the treelike nature of a sentence.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker