ambiguous

Example Sentences

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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

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

The problem with dangling modifiers is that their subjects are inherently ambiguous and sometimes a sentence will inadvertently attract a reader to the wrong choice.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker