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as in vague
not expressed in precise terms
their suggestion for correcting the problem is a bit unclear
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as in faint
not seen or understood clearly
obtained at best an unclear glimpse of the rarely seen bird from across the road
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Recent Examples of unclear
What led up to her disappearance remains unclear.
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Phil Helsel,
NBC news,
22 June 2026
Though the future of bills governing electric bikes and scooters is still unclear, Williams said this legislative cycle has been the first time in years that those with concerns about e-bikes have felt heard.
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Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
The nature of the breach and its impact on residents is unclear.
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Taylor Croft,
AJC.com,
21 June 2026
Whether this marks a lasting shift or a fluke is unclear.
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Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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Phil Helsel,
NBC news,
22 June 2026
Though the future of bills governing electric bikes and scooters is still unclear, Williams said this legislative cycle has been the first time in years that those with concerns about e-bikes have felt heard.
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Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
The nature of the breach and its impact on residents is unclear.
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Taylor Croft,
AJC.com,
21 June 2026
Whether this marks a lasting shift or a fluke is unclear.
—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unclear
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Critics say Burnham’s politics are vague and fail to grapple with tough issues, such as where the money will come from to pay for his pledges.
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The truth is that the entire premise of the Cybercab rests on the promise of true autonomous operation, and that's the part that remains frustratingly vague.
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Single dishes tend to be more sensitive and able to pick up faint radio waves from deeper in the cosmos, but radio arrays with many dishes tend to capture much sharper images.
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However, this new research showed that these point sources, including pulsars, would be extremely faint, and that is good news for scientists who favor annihilating dark matter as the cause of these gamma rays.
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As the noise-rap-electro act Jane Remover shrieked and pleaded through a 90-minute marathon set at the Fonda on Thursday night, one very young couple dressed right out of a conservative‘s nightmare — gender-ambiguous, purple hair, facial piercings — tapped me on the shoulder.
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At a billion scans a month, even modest rates imply hundreds of millions of ambiguous results a year, each one demanding a clinical decision and producing a worried customer.
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Greenberg tried his best to ignore an irritating ankle injury that had plagued him the last couple of weeks and grimaced under the hazy sunlight as the pitcher, probably 20 or more years his junior, stared him down.
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In the private ward in the maternity wing, everything is quiet, all the surfaces immaculate and clean as if nothing at all has happened, your mother still hazy with the blur of oxytocin and carbetocin, staring out the open window.
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“Unclear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unclear. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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