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Recent Examples of vagueness
Starmer’s vagueness may be a measure of the lack of good options that US allies have to spur Iran to reopen the strait.
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Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
Aspects of Beck and Jo’s story could be clearer, although the vagueness works, to an extent, as a reflection of how Beck has pushed aside her grief over her father, and how raw the wounds still are.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
Perhaps the intent is to cultivate suspense, yet the effect is a frustrating vagueness around the base conditions for the show’s central infatuation.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
City Attorney Ryan Denk shared concerns about the vagueness of the consequences for violating the ordinance and said the ordinance had to be enforced evenly.
—Lynne Hermansen, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2026
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
There was no vagueness, even to try to create leverage for a new contract amid a good season.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
The nascent anti-smartphones movement in America is decidedly nonpartisan, for the most part, and this contributes to its potential and also to the vagueness of its outlines.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2025
One of the criticisms leveraged against the WTO protests is the vagueness of their message, ostensibly embodied by the loose, ideologically diverse coalition of the anti-globalist movement.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025
Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
Aspects of Beck and Jo’s story could be clearer, although the vagueness works, to an extent, as a reflection of how Beck has pushed aside her grief over her father, and how raw the wounds still are.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
Perhaps the intent is to cultivate suspense, yet the effect is a frustrating vagueness around the base conditions for the show’s central infatuation.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
City Attorney Ryan Denk shared concerns about the vagueness of the consequences for violating the ordinance and said the ordinance had to be enforced evenly.
—Lynne Hermansen, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2026
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
There was no vagueness, even to try to create leverage for a new contract amid a good season.
—Chris Vannini, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
The nascent anti-smartphones movement in America is decidedly nonpartisan, for the most part, and this contributes to its potential and also to the vagueness of its outlines.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2025
One of the criticisms leveraged against the WTO protests is the vagueness of their message, ostensibly embodied by the loose, ideologically diverse coalition of the anti-globalist movement.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vagueness
Noun
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Words are better at suggesting ambiguity than plain numbers or emojis.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2026
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And ambiguity versus clarity is key.—
Laura Brown,
Artforum,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Mahan and Villaraigosa are the only two Democrats who have publicly called to roll back regulations on the state’s oil and gas market, illustrating the political murkiness at the nexus of California’s climate and affordability challenges.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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Trading McCarthy would leave no murkiness around the hierarchy in the quarterback room.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Regardless of whether Arthur Agee and William Gates become the next Jordan — or even the next Isiah Thomas — their lives wind up far more interesting than potential glory, with unexpected developments achieving a profundity few scripts ever could have.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Feb. 2026
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There is probably an existential shock, and the profundity of that shock is probably not yet understood.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Vagueness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vagueness. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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