1
as in obvious
not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation
looked at his neighbor's new car with unambiguous envy
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as in explicit
so clearly expressed as to leave no doubt about the meaning
an unambiguous declaration of his love for her
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Samples revealed that the soil contained abundant plant and insect fossils, unambiguous evidence that large parts of Greenland were free of ice some 400,000 years ago, when the Earth was about the same temperature as today but had almost 30 percent less carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
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Paul Bierman, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2024
An age limit, conversely, is unambiguous and not open to manipulation.
—Ezekiel J. Emanuel, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2024
And yet, despite unambiguous statutory authorization, the six Republican justices decided to implement their party’s preferred student loan policy from the bench.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 15 Aug. 2024
The unambiguous evil is needed to set up the film’s premise and prime the audience for the bloodshed that eventually comes, which only makes his eventual face turn to help the Basterds more shocking — in its audacity, and in the fluency with which Land attempts to rebrand himself.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
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Paul Bierman, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2024
An age limit, conversely, is unambiguous and not open to manipulation.
—Ezekiel J. Emanuel, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2024
And yet, despite unambiguous statutory authorization, the six Republican justices decided to implement their party’s preferred student loan policy from the bench.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 15 Aug. 2024
The unambiguous evil is needed to set up the film’s premise and prime the audience for the bloodshed that eventually comes, which only makes his eventual face turn to help the Basterds more shocking — in its audacity, and in the fluency with which Land attempts to rebrand himself.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
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“Unambiguous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unambiguous. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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