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 bill's ambiguity could lead to uneven policies across the country, meaning some states and municipalities will enforce stricter document requirements than others.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 15 Apr. 2025
Be sure to make these documents easy to access and refer to for reference, which will reduce ambiguity and misinterpretations.
—Liz Guthridge, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
This spring, the London theatre shimmers with this kind of ambiguity—real king, false king, portrait, mirror.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2025
Miller was interested in complexity and ambiguity; playwright Kimberly Belflower is on more of a single-minded quest: to recalibrate the dominant view of a play so seeded in the U.S. education curriculum and maybe even get a place alongside it in the future.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 15 Apr. 2025
Be sure to make these documents easy to access and refer to for reference, which will reduce ambiguity and misinterpretations.
—Liz Guthridge, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
This spring, the London theatre shimmers with this kind of ambiguity—real king, false king, portrait, mirror.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2025
Miller was interested in complexity and ambiguity; playwright Kimberly Belflower is on more of a single-minded quest: to recalibrate the dominant view of a play so seeded in the U.S. education curriculum and maybe even get a place alongside it in the future.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambiguity
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Trump's tariffs in particular have injected broad uncertainty into the economy, with some businesses already passing those additional costs to consumers, who have been rushing to buy big-ticket items in anticipation of higher prices, according to JPMorgan analysts.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2025
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Voters have been growing discontented with the president’s policies as his sweeping tariffs have fueled chaos and uncertainty in the volatile global economy.—
Callie Patteson,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Ambiguity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambiguity. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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