open sentence
noun
: a statement (as in mathematics) that contains at least one blank or unknown and that becomes true or false when the blank is filled or a quantity is substituted for the unknown
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Firstly, that opening sentence caught a lot of people’s attention.
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Graeme McMillan, WIRED, 8 July 2018
Rossetti said the plea deal was altered to involve an open sentence by the judge upon the guilty plea, but officials said Sherman, a Fox Lake resident, could not be sentenced to more than five years under the current charges against her.
—Jim Newton, Lake County News-Sun, 7 Sep. 2017
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Graeme McMillan, WIRED, 8 July 2018
Rossetti said the plea deal was altered to involve an open sentence by the judge upon the guilty plea, but officials said Sherman, a Fox Lake resident, could not be sentenced to more than five years under the current charges against her.
—Jim Newton, Lake County News-Sun, 7 Sep. 2017
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“Open sentence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20sentence. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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