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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Along with a looser framing, shadow and contrast highlight loneliness and emotional ambiguity.—
Daron James,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026 -
American society—grotesquely unequal and divided, helpless before its demagogic and oligarchic manipulators—is no longer a stranger to the dark ambiguities of lopsided economic progress.—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
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The Dodgers hit the shuffle button on their playlist of popular jams, and the hits flowed on Tuesday night with a whole new tempo.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
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My experience is that customers get lost in the shuffle of larger organizations.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
27 May 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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The people around Trump support these equivocations because anyone who opposes Trump’s ideas in the White House will be shown the door; any Republican who speaks up in Congress will be primaried out of their seat.—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
19 May 2026
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First, Congress tasked the Fed with the mission to ensure price stability, without excuse or equivocation, argument or anguish.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Tergiversation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tergiversation. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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