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Recent Examples of open-ended
The first prompt is open-ended and likely to return generic results.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for open-ended
Adjective
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An unspecified number of non-union workers are expected to be made redundant as well.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
27 June 2025
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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
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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
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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 2 Jul. 2025.
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