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as in ambiguity
deliberate evasion in speech
your equivocation when asked where you were last night is not reassuring
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as in ambiguousness
the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning
the equivocation of the last line of the poem, "That is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know"
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Recent Examples of equivocation
The equivocation over the ground invasion reflects Mr. Netanyahu’s need to satisfy far-right cabinet ministers, who are pushing for the full re-occupation of Gaza, and Israel’s top generals, who believe such a move would be difficult to sustain and dangerous to hostages held in Gaza.
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Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 19 May 2025
The equivocation that has characterized the administration’s legal responses to date is turning into objection and refusal.
—Henry Gass, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2025
The film attempts some equivocation with the enemy: while the sword-wielding commanding officer (Taki Abe) is a monster; the army engineer in charge of construction (Masa Yamaguchi) just wants to get the job done.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025
There should be no equivocation or the appearance of partiality.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 19 May 2025
The equivocation that has characterized the administration’s legal responses to date is turning into objection and refusal.
—Henry Gass, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2025
The film attempts some equivocation with the enemy: while the sword-wielding commanding officer (Taki Abe) is a monster; the army engineer in charge of construction (Masa Yamaguchi) just wants to get the job done.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025
There should be no equivocation or the appearance of partiality.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equivocation
Noun
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The composition has many hallmarks of surrealism, including dream logic – the strange, flowing and often illogical progression of images reflecting the unpredictable nature of dreams – metamorphosis and psychic ambiguity.—
Sally Jane Brown,
The Conversation,
29 Sep. 2025
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The ambiguity of authorship is meant to unsettle the reading of the text.—
Lana Lin
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The clip ends with Snoop doing a snow shuffle to the Olympic theme.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
29 Sep. 2025
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All is quiet except for the shuffle of hooves, as the mounts shift the weight of their riders and their heavy armor.—
Greg Grandin
September 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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Their circumlocutions were as entrancing as their ability to find the most precisely ironic words for difficult-to-name realities.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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Here, instead, she’s swayed by a dead Diana softly squeezing her hand and kindly hinting — the dead Diana is an ace at tactful circumlocution — that now is the time to show a mourning nation some emotion.—
Tom Gliatto,
Peoplemag,
16 Nov. 2023
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“Equivocation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equivocation. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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