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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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“Ambiguity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambiguity. Accessed 27 Jan. 2021.
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The first known use of ambiguity was in the 14th century
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