ambiguous

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Instead, the justices spent the hearing as they customarily do, engaged in a complex and legalistic discussion about how to analyze ambiguous text and how to weigh historical evidence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

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

“I love those lyrics because they’re ambiguous enough, but they’re also something that we can apply a meaning to.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

It was never good to be ambiguous with bitter magical creatures.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley