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Recent Examples of nebulously
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.
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Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025
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
Everything seems to cost more these days – except one fragrant, nebulously legal recreational product.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025
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
Everything seems to cost more these days – except one fragrant, nebulously legal recreational product.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nebulously
vaguely
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In a clip from the livestream, Haley vaguely explained the issue to streamer Marlon Garcia, refusing to say it out loud before typing it out on her phone to the host.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Hodges vaguely remembered the story about the former NYPD cop who’d assaulted one of his colleagues.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Nebulously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nebulously. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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