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Recent Examples of unspecific
The Angel Group and Spacestation Investments both led the more recent seed round that just closed at an unspecific 7-figure amount.
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Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The document is unspecific as to how often or how far jail personnel would have to transport ICE’s prisoners.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2025
The remark, though unspecific, was not lost on advocates hoping to bolster the programs.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2025
Biden, in delivering his stark warning about the course of power in the United States, was reserved, unspecific.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
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Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The document is unspecific as to how often or how far jail personnel would have to transport ICE’s prisoners.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2025
The remark, though unspecific, was not lost on advocates hoping to bolster the programs.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2025
Biden, in delivering his stark warning about the course of power in the United States, was reserved, unspecific.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unspecific
Adjective
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In response to the government’s vague language on alcohol, many sober influencers have posted videos reminding their followers that fun can be had without drinking.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
24 Jan. 2026
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With Luna squaring Jupiter across your aspirational 11th house and your resourceful 2nd house, vague group ideas might actually come to fruition.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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When institutions offer ambiguous framing, populists provide clarity.—
Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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This ambiguous legacy as both enslaver and emancipator has troubled Americans ever since.—
John Garrison Marks,
Time,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Kaiser nurses statewide began an indefinite strike Monday, restarting picket lines that went idle after a five-day work stoppage in October 2025.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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The indefinite postponement is in many ways a reflection of the broader problems at NEOM and the kingdom’s largest gigaprojects.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
26 Jan. 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
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However, for higher dose, systemic estrogen therapy — which is absorbed into the blood stream — including estrogen pills, Christmas and other menopause experts are more equivocal about removing the black box warning.—
Allison Aubrey,
NPR,
11 Nov. 2025
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But both the text and the history of Article II are far more equivocal than the current Court has been suggesting.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Unspecific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspecific. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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