1
as in obvious
not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation
looked at his neighbor's new car with unambiguous envy
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as in explicit
so clearly expressed as to leave no doubt about the meaning
an unambiguous declaration of his love for her
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Recent Examples of unambiguous
Strong and unambiguous words from Alexander Isak about his Newcastle United future.
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Phil Hay, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
To start, the constitutional authority for this action is unambiguous.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
The Florida law granting access to such records is unambiguous, and the state’s courts are likely to find in favor of owners and against associations that fail to provide reasonable access.
—Laura Manning-Hudson, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
There also is unambiguous disapproval of the President’s foreign policy (-14 points), federal spending (-19 points), taxes (-13 points) and inflation (-23 points), which is unchanged from April.
—Steve Liesman, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2025
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Phil Hay, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
To start, the constitutional authority for this action is unambiguous.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
The Florida law granting access to such records is unambiguous, and the state’s courts are likely to find in favor of owners and against associations that fail to provide reasonable access.
—Laura Manning-Hudson, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
There also is unambiguous disapproval of the President’s foreign policy (-14 points), federal spending (-19 points), taxes (-13 points) and inflation (-23 points), which is unchanged from April.
—Steve Liesman, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unambiguous
Adjective
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Black inks for the same printers tend to have less obvious smearing than the color ink, and many smear just enough to see a smudge, without harming readability.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
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But Trump’s arbitrary brand of interventionism comes with obvious dangers.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Appearing on Jay Shetty’s On Purpose podcast (see video below), Watson did not make an explicit reference to Rowling’s rejection of transgender rights, but the issue has been a flashpoint in their relationship.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
24 Sep. 2025
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There's no explicit in-game reward for almost all of these random digressions, and your fellow cut-scene hikers will frequently explicitly warn you that there's no point in climbing some structure or another.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
23 Sep. 2025
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Precise numbers of staffing cuts are hard to pin down, but their historic scale in the first eight months of this administration is unmistakable.—
Chris Sellers,
The Conversation,
29 Sep. 2025
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But some parts are unmistakable.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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In October 2023, Kristil went to police with a detailed spreadsheet documenting every interaction with her apparent stalker.—
Doc Louallen,
ABC News,
26 Sep. 2025
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Nowhere is this more apparent than one of the first kisses shared between Patrick (Jonathan Groff), a privileged white video game designer, and Richie (Raúl Castillo), the Mexican club doorman hopelessly in love with him.—
James Factora,
Them.,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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A lot of the information being funneled to him and his peers from news sources wasn't clear.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
30 Sep. 2025
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Your best chance to catch a glimpse of the auroras is at very high latitudes, such as northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland and possibly the far north of Scotland, if the skies are clear.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Despite having a relatively straightforward main plot, the first Hades excelled at grafting deep backstories and layered personalities to each of its many characters that fleshed out Greek mythology.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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The commercial test that will decide competitiveness is straightforward.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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That divergence is also becoming evident in sentiment surveys.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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That’s evident in a playful pair of cashmere travel socks in a bold orange shade and the detailing on some of the other pieces.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
25 Sep. 2025
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Researchers from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have used a massive UK Biobank dataset analysis to identify that fat distribution, not just overall size, maps to distinct changes in brain structure and connectivity.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Sep. 2025
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The park encompasses 134 miles of that stretch and is divided into 13 distinct sections.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Unambiguous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unambiguous. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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