open-ended

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Recent Examples of open-ended The first prompt is open-ended and likely to return generic results. Shikher Goel, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025 The collaboration with Runway was open-ended and flexible. Lila Shapiro, Vulture, 4 June 2025 The answer is simple, though open-ended: Get creative. Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 4 June 2025 Even some schools that offer four-year degrees have coupled open-ended start and stop dates with self-pacing, allowing students to pay for their courses by the month, instead of by the credit and per semester. Derek Newton, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for open-ended
Recent Examples of Synonyms for open-ended
Adjective
  • An unspecified number of non-union workers are expected to be made redundant as well.
    News Desk, Artforum, 27 June 2025
  • There are aspects of Freddy’s character — a victim of the foster system with a variety of unspecified social difficulties — that feel right on the verge of several stereotypes.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • These were inhabitants of the Real East Coast who, even in the late 2000s, were still under the impression that hip-hop’s having been created in their territory granted them indefinite dominion over how the genre’s rhythm and presentation were supposed to feel.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2025
  • Breyer is set to hold a hearing Friday on whether to issue an indefinite injunction.
    Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 20 June 2025

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“Open-ended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/open-ended. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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