nebulous
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Most people react in similarly positive ways, expressing empathy or, my personal favorite, commiserating with me over their own nebulous medical conditions.
From Slate • May 23, 2026
Quite often, while these U-turns shake up markets, they remain nebulous in terms of actual deals.
From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026
By midday Friday, it remained unclear when the partial shutdown would end, as lawmakers left Washington for a security conference in Munich and progress between Democratic and White House negotiators remained nebulous.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026
At Davos, Trump also signed the charter of his inaugural “Board of Peace,” a nebulous body which may be intended as a rival to the United Nations.
From Salon • Jan. 25, 2026
At the time, statutes governing electronic surveillance were nebulous, and Burns was an avid user of a Dictograph—a primitive listening device that could be concealed in anything from a clock to a chandelier.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
Vocabulary lists containing nebulous
To Kill a Mockingbird
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The Great Gatsby
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