equivocal
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Mr. Skarsgård’s equivocal and unshowy performance—he’s a master of acting without seeming to be acting—creates an ambiguity around Gustav, craftily rendered by the two screenwriters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
The court also dropped an equivocal hint about how Smith might overcome the presumption of immunity.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2024
And while he has issued public apologies, Goecke has remained more defiant than contrite, and disturbingly equivocal: He has both admitted to overreacting and also tried to justify his behavior.
From New York Times • May 20, 2024
The experts I spoke with were oppositely equivocal, despite acknowledging the apparent quality control issues at Boeing.
From Slate • Feb. 2, 2024
It’s difficult for me to believe I have power over him, of any sort, but I do; although it’s of an equivocal kind.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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