indefinite

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Yet this scene, too, is ultimately reconfigured in surprising ways, leaving its meanings bracingly indefinite.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

For 21-year-old Vedant Vyas, this meant taking an indefinite leave from the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, last April so he could work full-time on his AI startup, Opennote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

On Friday the board voted 7 to 0 to put Carvalho on indefinite leave and named senior administrator Andres Chait acting superintendent.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

Officials said the Immigration Act allowed discretion to grant Nelson indefinite leave to remain outside the normal immigration rules - which was eventually upgraded to full citizenship.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

At this point he wants to refer to a subset of those herons, so he introduces just these ones with the indefinite article: A few come to Cape Cod.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker