ambiguous
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Displaying them overhead or enshrined on pedestals, as at MoMA, is more dramatic and less ambiguous than propping them against gallery walls.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
“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
Where was my answer, the riddle of the oracle, the ambiguous utterance of prophecy?
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing ambiguous
Essential Academic Vocabulary for High School Students, List 1
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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Grade 9, List 1
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