nebulously

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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. 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
Adverb
  • Services, infrastructure, governance, stability—everything that is needed for even a vaguely normal life is either gone, or on its knees.
    Anna Halford, Time, 25 Oct. 2025
  • In the late 19th century, traveling salesmen hawked concoctions of snake oil, uranium, or anything vaguely iridescent and passed it off as a youth tonic to unsuspecting customers.
    Air Mail, Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025

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“Nebulously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nebulously. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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