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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 debate has pitted New York mayor, Eric Adams, who has condemned the murder without equivocation, against a significant groundswell of support for the alleged murderer.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
The Rios-Pineda Court observed, with little question or equivocation, that because the child was born in the United States, the child was in fact a citizen.
—Madison Czopek, Austin American-Statesman, 14 Dec. 2024
There should be no equivocation or the appearance of partiality.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
Karen’s frankness is refreshing, in a way, after a night marked by equivocation.
—Will Groff, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2024
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
The Rios-Pineda Court observed, with little question or equivocation, that because the child was born in the United States, the child was in fact a citizen.
—Madison Czopek, Austin American-Statesman, 14 Dec. 2024
There should be no equivocation or the appearance of partiality.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
Karen’s frankness is refreshing, in a way, after a night marked by equivocation.
—Will Groff, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equivocation
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And someone who struggles with change and ambiguity in a card game will probably also have an aversion to something like pluralism in politics because their brain processes that as chaotic.—
Sean Illing,
Vox,
12 May 2025
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Meanwhile, India has informally dialed back its historic no-first-use stance, creating ambiguity about its operational doctrine.—
Farah N. Jan,
The Conversation,
10 May 2025
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May 1, 2025 Vance similarly denied that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has had his own Signal controversies, would also face a staffing shuffle.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
1 May 2025
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The White House and Department of Justice (DOJ), which oversees the ATF, have been tight-lipped about what prompted the administrative shuffle.—
Elizabeth Crisp,
The Hill,
10 Apr. 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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By condensing Balzac’s opus to a few paragraphs, Barthelme was having a laugh not just at his predecessor’s genteel circumlocution—his tendency to describe buildings and manufacturing procedures and family trees in lavish detail—but also at the conventions of novelistic mimesis itself.—
Giles Harvey,
The New York Review of Books,
23 Apr. 2020
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“Equivocation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equivocation. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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