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Recent Examples of ambiguously
Moore hated White’s book Stuart Little, in which a mouse is born to a human woman, and which ends abruptly and ambiguously, with the little mouse’s future very much up to the reader.
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Mac Barnett, Longreads, 5 May 2026
Hacks star Jean Smart carried an ambiguously political message with her throughout the evening.
—Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
Jamian Juliano-Villani’s friezelike painting Women, 2024, offers a surreptitious turn on Marcel Duchamp and Eadweard Muybridge by featuring an ostensibly female figure with too many (and ambiguously gendered) appendages.
—Tim Griffin, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025
Linda is tasked with caring for her ambiguously ill child while her husband is out of town for work; their apartment ceiling collapses, forcing her and her daughter into a motel.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Mac Barnett, Longreads, 5 May 2026
Hacks star Jean Smart carried an ambiguously political message with her throughout the evening.
—Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
Jamian Juliano-Villani’s friezelike painting Women, 2024, offers a surreptitious turn on Marcel Duchamp and Eadweard Muybridge by featuring an ostensibly female figure with too many (and ambiguously gendered) appendages.
—Tim Griffin, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025
Linda is tasked with caring for her ambiguously ill child while her husband is out of town for work; their apartment ceiling collapses, forcing her and her daughter into a motel.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambiguously
Adverb
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Still, some businesses have suggested consumers could indirectly benefit.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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Those programs are still going through the rulemaking process and, again, would benefit only those covered by the Medicare program and only indirectly.—
Elisabeth Rosenthal,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2026
Adverb
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It had been erroneously reported that Kelce would wear Hilfiger gear as part of his gameday tunnel walk.—
Jeff Fedotin,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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An earlier version of this story erroneously suggested that Weinstein left the courtroom after experiencing chest pains.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 May 2026
Adverb
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In 1996, Fuhrman pleaded no contest to perjury for falsely denying his use of racist language.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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Health workers and police officers assigned to protect them are frequently targeted by militants who falsely claim the vaccination drives are part of a Western conspiracy to sterilize children.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 May 2026
Adverb
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Inside, the floor plan flows circuitously, creating an open plan filled with natural light.—
Erika Owen,
Architectural Digest,
29 Apr. 2026
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And the fact that lots of these startups ultimately sell to other startups circuitously makes things even more insular.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Ambiguously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambiguously. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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