as in vaguely
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Adverb
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Well-meaning or vaguely threatening?—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026 -
Like, vaguely mad at the mayor; don’t know who anybody is.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
Adverb
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The doctrine of the containment of communism thus gave birth to a more concretely geopolitical—as opposed to nebulously civilizational—West, soon embodied in new institutions such as NATO, an integrating Europe, and the OECD.—
Stewart Patrick,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Sep. 2025
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Acquiring a digital media startup largely reliant on reader revenue at a moment of subscription fatigue is risky — to say nothing of The Free Press’ price tag, which Puck put somewhere nebulously between $100 million and $200 million.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Venezuela narrowly missed qualifying for the World Cup, which, in its way, solved a problem, and Greenland’s application for membership in the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, or CONCACAF, was unanimously rejected last June.—
Chris Jones,
The Atlantic,
7 June 2026
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Spurs finished 17th in the Premier League this season and narrowly avoided relegation.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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“Indeterminately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indeterminately. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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