as in ambiguity
deliberate evasion in speech
like many politicians, he has the gift for tergiversation
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Noun
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There’s no ambiguity about who Vyleesi is for.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026 -
And even if the teller was present at the event recorded, there’s room for ambiguity, argument.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
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Perhaps it was lost in the Christmastime shuffle, or in the torrent of other deals and investments that have been flowing from the world’s most valuable company over the past year.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
13 Mar. 2026
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Beeks, meanwhile, will also join his sixth team (Red Sox, Rays, Rockies, Pirates, Diamondbacks), and will essentially replace Coulombe in the Rangers’ offseason bullpen shuffle.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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But in terms of its actual content, the statement was pretty thin gruel, bristling with public relations-style circumlocution and vagueness.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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Here, instead, she’s swayed by a dead Diana softly squeezing her hand and kindly hinting — the dead Diana is an ace at tactful circumlocution — that now is the time to show a mourning nation some emotion.—
Tom Gliatto,
Peoplemag,
16 Nov. 2023
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Trump’s equivocation yesterday may be his attempt to steady an economy shaken by the war.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2026
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Today, many states stipulate that gestational surrogates have no parental rights—any equivocation on this matter would cause the country’s reproductive-tourism industry to collapse.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Tergiversation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tergiversation. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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