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as in unclear
not expressed in precise terms
gave as vague a reply as he could, hoping not to give away the surprise
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as in hazy
not seen or understood clearly
I have only a vague idea of what you're talking about
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Recent Examples of vague
Babcock, in what is now his third chance after being unceremoniously ousted in Toronto and Columbus, was polite but defiant, excited but vague.
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Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
That’s the stress of trying to meet a supervisor’s vague or constantly changing expectations.
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Bob Batchelor,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
If someone important feels vague, ask for plain words, and then reflect them back.
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Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
22 June 2026
The text of the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran is remarkably vague.
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Thomas Wright,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for vague
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
That’s the stress of trying to meet a supervisor’s vague or constantly changing expectations.
—
Bob Batchelor,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
If someone important feels vague, ask for plain words, and then reflect them back.
—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
22 June 2026
The text of the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran is remarkably vague.
—
Thomas Wright,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for vague
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vague
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Opposition groups celebrate the win Grassroots organizations and local activist groups are celebrating the win, even if the details are unclear.
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While Dobrev's relationship status remains unclear, the outing comes nine months after PEOPLE confirmed Dobrev's split from fiancé Shaun White following five years together.
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Nearly everyone knows the Boston Tea Party; many can summon at least a hazy memory of the Stamp Act or the Townshend duties.
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That could result in a slightly muted sky and a softer, hazier sun angle through the afternoon, though surface visibility impacts should remain limited.
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Rubio met with Gulf Arab leaders in Bahrain on Thursday in an effort to assuage their concerns over certain terms of the MOU, including the ambiguous language around the management of the Strait of Hormuz.
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With one, everything the best-performing agent learns is written into a layer for the next—how to handle a difficult customer, which exception patterns resolved cleanly, what an ambiguous edge case meant for the business.
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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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Audra stooped down to hug Christina, 3, who donned a fuzzy white jacket with bear-like ears on the hood.
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The brief clip showed off a new cast of characters, beginning with fuzzy television static before exploding into a montage propelled by intense music and kinetic bursts of action, carrying on the spirit of the first season through energetic animation and heavily stylised art.
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That’s also when a Seattle gastroenterologist named Walter Voegtlin published a pale volume with a drawing of a loincloth-wearing hominid on the cover.
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Bartlett’s character is like a rock slab, a vestige of an ancient religion, brought to life in overlapping strips of muslin, linen, and leather in shades of dove, cream, gray, and pale blue, with his hood pulled tight around his face and his hands wrapped in mittens.
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The details remain murky, but the investment fund would be financed privately and not by US taxpayers, according to the administration.
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For a predator that relies on sight and fast reaction distances in shallow water, murky conditions can alter the entire hunting landscape and prey may become harder to detect.
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When that’s not enough, Google may add random noise to the data that can further obscure identities.
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This seems, if anything, deliberately obscure.
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“Vague.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vague. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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