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Noun
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There was no vagueness, even to try to create leverage for a new contract amid a good season.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2026 -
The nascent anti-smartphones movement in America is decidedly nonpartisan, for the most part, and this contributes to its potential and also to the vagueness of its outlines.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Schroeder and Pepper note that while girls are often socialized to name feelings, seek help, and build collaborative relationships, boys receive far fewer tools for navigating stress, conflict, and uncertainty.—
Dr. Liz Doe Stone,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Their role is to provide clarity, advocacy, and guidance, especially during times of change or uncertainty.—
Kris Slugg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Coming from actors mostly old enough to be college graduates, the relative haziness of the world-building starts to peek through.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
27 Nov. 2025
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The haziness of the energy balance hides this brief imbalance, which allows the virtual particles to influence the real world.—
Dipangkar Dutta,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This fuzziness makes for an uncomfortable and maybe even confusing interpretation of her sexuality, but that’s part of the point.—
Anna Holmes,
The Atlantic,
26 Nov. 2025
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If donning the jacket leather side up, pops of sherpa fuzziness will still be yours to enjoy, as the coat’s patch pockets are artfully topped by the material.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The challenge, of course, is their faintness.—
Adam Frank,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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The faintness lasted only a minute.—
Robert Easton,
Outdoor Life,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Friday night could see some cloudiness, with clouds and rain here and there over the weekend.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Jan. 2026
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Covers resting directly on flat resin surfaces trap condensation, leading to discoloration or cloudiness.—
Colleen Sullivan,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Originally, this was a great mystery, as cosmic rays were known to be composed almost exclusively of protons, and the theoretical limit on a proton that traveled through intergalactic space should forbid such excessively high energies.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Jan. 2026
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However, the exact source of these jets around their black hole central engines and the precise mechanism powering them is still something of a mystery.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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But probabilities are less sexy than proclamations, ambiguities less attractive than assurances—or so the rising number of storm-hyping accounts on social media seem to suggest.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
28 Jan. 2026
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Detectives eventually identify one man as a likely suspect, though he is ultimately not charged, resulting in ambiguity that continues to this day.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Indefiniteness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indefiniteness. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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