as in ambiguousness
the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning
the ambiguity of the clairvoyant's messages from the deceased allowed the grieving relatives to interpret them however they wished
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Recent Examples of ambiguity
The film’s blank spaces and ambiguities linger even after a melodramatic pivot that’s easily seen coming, and will entice and confound viewers in equal measure.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 May 2025
Combined with absences within the GOP conference and a few fiscal hawk holdouts who are displeased with the work requirements’ effective date and ambiguity over raising the SALT cap, the bill is set up to face a grim fate.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 15 May 2025
There’s nothing wrong with a performer of Cruise's stature and charisma grappling with darkness and ambiguity in this way — in the past that resulted in one of his best, most misunderstood performances, as a doctor slipping down into a moral underworld in Eyes Wide Shut.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 14 May 2025
And someone who struggles with change and ambiguity in a card game will probably also have an aversion to something like pluralism in politics because their brain processes that as chaotic.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 12 May 2025
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 May 2025
Combined with absences within the GOP conference and a few fiscal hawk holdouts who are displeased with the work requirements’ effective date and ambiguity over raising the SALT cap, the bill is set up to face a grim fate.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 15 May 2025
There’s nothing wrong with a performer of Cruise's stature and charisma grappling with darkness and ambiguity in this way — in the past that resulted in one of his best, most misunderstood performances, as a doctor slipping down into a moral underworld in Eyes Wide Shut.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 14 May 2025
And someone who struggles with change and ambiguity in a card game will probably also have an aversion to something like pluralism in politics because their brain processes that as chaotic.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambiguity
uncertainty
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Due to the competitive landscape and consumer uncertainty, Vivid suspended its habit of providing forward earnings guidance to analysts with that call, adding to the bearish sentiment for Vivid that has yet to let up.—
Brendan Coffey,
Sportico.com,
2 June 2025
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Setting these expectations significantly reduces candidate uncertainty.—
Sherry Martin,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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“Ambiguity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambiguity. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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