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Recent Examples of vagueness
Or perhaps the vagueness stems from casting a mish-mash of Thai, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Chinese and American actors.
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
When the transcript is the record, ideas can propagate on merit, and people can no longer hide behind vagueness.
—Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
On the other hand, the statement is emblematic of the uninteresting vagueness of Spider-Noir‘s world-building.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
The students on campus, with little information and more than enough vagueness to envision the worst, did just that.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
Esenin-Volpin’s work was a call for a new kind of mathematics that could, in some sense, tolerate vagueness.
—Quanta Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
And yet the vagueness is part of what makes the song endure.
—Jack Hamilton, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
Thinking back on her job-hunting days, Slayer Public Relations founder Lindsay Kirsh said vagueness about pay was always off-putting.
—Kat Boogaard, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026
What makes the legislation especially harmful, Ziegler said, is its vagueness.
—Sophia Paffenroth, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
When the transcript is the record, ideas can propagate on merit, and people can no longer hide behind vagueness.
—Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
On the other hand, the statement is emblematic of the uninteresting vagueness of Spider-Noir‘s world-building.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
The students on campus, with little information and more than enough vagueness to envision the worst, did just that.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
Esenin-Volpin’s work was a call for a new kind of mathematics that could, in some sense, tolerate vagueness.
—Quanta Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
And yet the vagueness is part of what makes the song endure.
—Jack Hamilton, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
Thinking back on her job-hunting days, Slayer Public Relations founder Lindsay Kirsh said vagueness about pay was always off-putting.
—Kat Boogaard, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026
What makes the legislation especially harmful, Ziegler said, is its vagueness.
—Sophia Paffenroth, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vagueness
Noun
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While all three negatively impact both individual and organizational outcomes, researchers found that role ambiguity tended to be the most detrimental driver.—
Paula Davis,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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At the same time, each phase of progress has also revealed the ambiguity of tools that can cause harm when not oriented toward the good.—
Pope Leo XIV,
Boston Herald,
9 June 2026
Noun
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As Raul grapples with telling the story of Elsa’s life, he’s confronted by the murkiness of borrowing from real people for the purposes of fiction.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
19 May 2026
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There is a bit of murkiness on salaries for coaches of private schools like TCU, as USA Today’s amounts for private schools were based on schools’ most recently available financial records, which cover the 2023 calendar year.—
SportsDay Staff,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Many of his posts about addiction evoke the slick faux-profundity of ChatGPT.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
11 June 2026
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Love Island had shifted what had previously been an unshakable self-identification and stumbled into comic profundity.—
Anna Peele,
Vulture,
20 May 2026
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“Vagueness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vagueness. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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