ambivalent
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North Carolina resident Shelley Hughes was more ambivalent.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
While ChatGPT sometimes shuts down this line of questioning, Claude is more ambivalent in its response.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
Yet, even at the height of fame, he chooses to remain on the margins of celebrity culture, visibly ambivalent about his own success.
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026
For many Latino members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, there is an ambivalent sense of the Church’s stance on immigrants.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025
On the whole, Mrs. Johnson’s attitude toward her father was ambivalent, but one aspect of him she had always respected—his fortitude.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
Vocabulary lists containing ambivalent
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