vagueness
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Ms. Majok captures the sardonic tone of the book as it depicts the inadequacy and vagueness endemic to treatment of psychological problems at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Until now there has been a deliberate vagueness about what France regards as its "vital interests", an attack on which would trigger a nuclear response.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 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
He covered his life with a veil of vagueness, while behind his quiet eyes a rich full life went on.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing vagueness
A Hero's Guide to Summer Vacation
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The Suffix -ness, Part 3
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Novel Study: Invisible Man, Chapter 15–Epilogue
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