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Noun
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While all three negatively impact both individual and organizational outcomes, researchers found that role ambiguity tended to be the most detrimental driver.—
Paula Davis,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026 -
At the same time, each phase of progress has also revealed the ambiguity of tools that can cause harm when not oriented toward the good.—
Pope Leo XIV,
Boston Herald,
9 June 2026
Noun
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In that environment, opacity stops being a strategy and becomes a liability.—
Ivan Guzenko,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Some have been more vocal than others, publicly chastising him for his opacity ahead of what is expected to be a competitive general election race.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
29 May 2026
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As Raul grapples with telling the story of Elsa’s life, he’s confronted by the murkiness of borrowing from real people for the purposes of fiction.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
19 May 2026
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There is a bit of murkiness on salaries for coaches of private schools like TCU, as USA Today’s amounts for private schools were based on schools’ most recently available financial records, which cover the 2023 calendar year.—
SportsDay Staff,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Feb. 2026
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The rise of Santa Muerte The other folk saint tied to narco culture is Santa Muerte, whose Grim Reaper appearance and relative obscurity prompt assumptions of malevolence.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
7 June 2026
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Unlike so many iconic American fights, held in the halls of Congress or on the streets of major cities, this campaign is being waged for the most part in obscurity.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
7 June 2026
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“Obscureness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obscureness. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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