open-ended
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Whether Egg had Maekar’s permission to join Dunk’s travels as his squire is left more open ended in the novella itself.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026
In these circumstances use open ended questions such as “How have you been feeling?” and leave the door open to talk any time they are ready.
From Salon • Aug. 22, 2024
They added the deadline is currently "open ended".
From BBC • Aug. 1, 2023
In protest against his detention and treatment in prison, Abd el-Fattah, 40, began an open ended hunger strike on April 2.
From Reuters • Nov. 7, 2022
"On the one hand, we were trying to make a uniform command set again; on the other hand, we wanted to keep it open ended, because the programmability was important," recalls Steele.
From Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Williams, Sam
Vocabulary lists containing open-ended
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Engineering - Introductory
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Engineering: Defining Problems and Designing Solutions - Introductory
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