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Recent Examples of vagueness
When the transcript is the record, ideas can propagate on merit, and people can no longer hide behind vagueness.
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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
Details about the project are scant, but for someone like Kéré, that provisional vagueness would represent an opportunity.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Apr. 2026
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
Details about the project are scant, but for someone like Kéré, that provisional vagueness would represent an opportunity.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vagueness
Noun
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Along with a looser framing, shadow and contrast highlight loneliness and emotional ambiguity.—
Daron James,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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American society—grotesquely unequal and divided, helpless before its demagogic and oligarchic manipulators—is no longer a stranger to the dark ambiguities of lopsided economic progress.—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 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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After Daniel Jones tore his ACL late last season, the quarterback position has some murkiness for the Colts entering 2026.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto let a day’s stroll linger into profundity, the twilight dimming and human connection brewing in all its possibilities.—
Joshua Rothkopf,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 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 11 Jun. 2026.
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