as in ambiguity
the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning
the intriguing equivocalness of her statement kept everyone guessing
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ambiguity
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Stage directors and performers have attempted to excavate and animate that ambiguity, first dreamed up by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen in Hedda Gabler, for over a century.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025 -
His ambiguity has stirred controversy, given constitutional restrictions in the 22nd and 12th amendments on such a move.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Equivocalness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equivocalness. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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