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as in ambiguous
having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning
made nebulous references to some major changes the future may hold
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as in vague
not seen or understood clearly
could just make out the nebulous outline of a fishing shack in the dense fog
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Recent Examples of nebulous
Maybe someone has already posted a nebulous warning: don't go.
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
Rarely are the obstacles presented in such nebulous terms as in The Apprenticeship, which demands of its lovers something deeply internal: an apophatic self-actualization that results in less knowledge.
—Terry Nguyen
july 23, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
Freedom is merely a nebulous concept if it isn't applied to all.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 4 July 2025
This question is especially helpful if your energy feels scattered or you’re tasked with nebulous goals or shifting targets.
—Cynthia Pong, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
Rarely are the obstacles presented in such nebulous terms as in The Apprenticeship, which demands of its lovers something deeply internal: an apophatic self-actualization that results in less knowledge.
—Terry Nguyen
july 23, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
Freedom is merely a nebulous concept if it isn't applied to all.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 4 July 2025
This question is especially helpful if your energy feels scattered or you’re tasked with nebulous goals or shifting targets.
—Cynthia Pong, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for nebulous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nebulous
Adjective
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Whether the death was self-inflicted or by accident is ambiguous.—
Bryan West,
The Tennessean,
15 Aug. 2025
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The Supreme Court’s Loper Bright decision eliminated Chevron deference, sharply curtailing agencies’ ability to interpret ambiguous laws.—
AJ Dhaliwal,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The law is vague and broad and included no room for considering the literary merit of the work, and so the result was a wave of book bans across the state.—
Peter Greene,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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My ideas around him were vague and uninformed, mostly of the stiff host tolerating the younger acts.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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However, it was discovered earlier this week that a recent, almost silent, filing with the SEC suggests their next frontier is something far more cryptic.—
Emma Kershaw,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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The library’s encyclopedias, clear and sedative beside the Bible’s cryptic thrills, still misled; Ruth lived for decades in an alternate reality containing Zanzibar and dipsomania.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The vodka is crisp with faint cooked cereal aromas.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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But soon, a faint tightness crept into his left foot.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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None of these drinks require obscure syrups, a blowtorch or a $70 shaker.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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His late-night attempt to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook—citing obscure allegations of mortgage fraud—has now forced the courts into uncharted territory, testing whether a president can legally purge central bank officials who resist him.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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As the largest fire in Florida this year continues to burn in the Everglades, people in South Florida — particularly in Broward County — can expect smoky, hazy skies through the weekend.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
22 Aug. 2025
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Like much of the U.S., Chicago was under a thick hazy blanket of wildfire smoke, creating dangerous conditions for anyone who breathes, but especially for the elderly and children.—
Marianne Krasny,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Sydney Sweeney’s new dark crime comedy Americana is new in theaters this weekend.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Flames and dark smoke billowed over a cement factory that was set alight by a wildfire that swept through olive groves and forests and disrupted rail traffic on the outskirts of the Greek city of Patras, west of Athens.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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That would be the mysterious Dao Ming (Shang-Chi‘s Fala Chen), a casino employee with secrets of her own.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
19 Aug. 2025
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Struggling to keep up with his fast-rising debts, he is offered a lifeline by the mysterious Dao Ming (Fala Chen), a casino employee with secrets of her own.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Nebulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nebulous. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.
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