vagueness
Example Sentences
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A U.S. official stressed to us the vagueness of that formulation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
But in terms of its actual content, the statement was pretty thin gruel, bristling with public relations-style circumlocution and vagueness.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026
Sensing this deliberate vagueness, Boasberg adjourned the hearing for 30 minutes so Ensign could gather more information.
From Slate • Apr. 21, 2025
Zug said the bill's "extreme cruelty" grounds is what most alarmed her because of its vagueness and implication that non-extreme cruelty would be insufficient grounds for divorce.
From Salon • Feb. 20, 2025
I tell them, with pleasant vagueness, that I live on the outskirts of town, where I recently moved from Ibarra.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
Vocabulary lists containing vagueness
The Suffix -ness, Part 3
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