as in ambiguousness
the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning
the ambiguity of the clairvoyant's messages from the deceased allowed the grieving relatives to interpret them however they wished
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Recent Examples of ambiguity
The latter deals with the ambiguity of situationships.
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Jae-Ha Kim, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
Ken Ogata portrays Yukio Mishima as a man driven by his internal contradictions, and the actor strenuously refuses to pare the writer down to an identifiable sum of various parts, instead amplifying opaque ambiguity in his performance.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
For his part, Cook found no ambiguity in Farrar’s endorsement of his candidacy.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2025
The ruling opens the door to discovery on Paramount’s understanding of its deal with WBD and whether the company took fraudulent measures to take advantage of ambiguity in the contract.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2025
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Jae-Ha Kim, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
Ken Ogata portrays Yukio Mishima as a man driven by his internal contradictions, and the actor strenuously refuses to pare the writer down to an identifiable sum of various parts, instead amplifying opaque ambiguity in his performance.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
For his part, Cook found no ambiguity in Farrar’s endorsement of his candidacy.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2025
The ruling opens the door to discovery on Paramount’s understanding of its deal with WBD and whether the company took fraudulent measures to take advantage of ambiguity in the contract.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Ambiguity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambiguity. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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