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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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Take the shirt salesman, whose deliberate enunciations sound vaguely alien, almost Lanthimos-esque.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
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Hanging below the vast cosmic heart is a knot of dust and gas known informally as the Fishhead Nebula, thanks to its vaguely oval outline and a dark dust filament that gives it the appearance of an aquatic creature.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Nebulously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nebulously. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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