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Recent Examples of unspecific
But, in recent years, several of the conservative Justices, in dissents, have seemed ready to start striking down some delegations as being too unspecific to be consistent with the separation of powers.
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Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2025
Just as ChatGPT can generate entire screenplays in response to short, unspecific prompts, or follow long, detailed instructions, so too can the new Sora invent a complex scene on the basis of either.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2025
War has affected my family in many specific and unspecific ways.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
The Angel Group and Spacestation Investments both led the more recent seed round that just closed at an unspecific 7-figure amount.
—Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2025
Just as ChatGPT can generate entire screenplays in response to short, unspecific prompts, or follow long, detailed instructions, so too can the new Sora invent a complex scene on the basis of either.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2025
War has affected my family in many specific and unspecific ways.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
The Angel Group and Spacestation Investments both led the more recent seed round that just closed at an unspecific 7-figure amount.
—Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unspecific
Adjective
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Government warnings are often vague or late.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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Lisabeth Pérez Castle, the city’s independent monitor, said in a statement that the vague new approach to discipline does not clearly explain how safety officials will comply with city laws regarding the monitor’s oversight.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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The entity known as Mother is left ambiguous, as is the tree inside the Cave of Wonders, but there are hints to their true nature.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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If a serious spending-reduction effort were somehow mounted anyway, the result would likely be positive for bonds — but ambiguous for equities, since the economic drag could easily outweigh the benefit of lower interest rates.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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To control the tension outside, Newark’s mayor issued an indefinite curfew around the facility.—
NPR,
NPR,
1 June 2026
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Destiny players will get to experience these additions for the indefinite future.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
Adjective
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Douglas argued that the U.S. Constitution allows for several inexplicit rights, all of which flow from other protections explicitly stated in the document.—
Alexandra M. Lord,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 May 2022
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Its particular target at that particular church on that particular morning remains the gesture’s one inexplicit feature.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
5 Apr. 2021
Adjective
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Nearly a quarter of Section murals include Indigenous figures, ranging in tone from romantic to racist, evidence of their prominent but equivocal place in the historical imaginary.—
John P. Murphy,
ARTnews.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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While cancellation options are available in advance of the first, second and third financial quarters—broadly speaking, advertisers may back out of between 25% and 50% of their upfront allocations for each of those periods—the ontological status of fall buys is a lot less equivocal.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Unspecific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspecific. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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