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Recent Examples of unspecific
Some of the things listed are extremely unspecific.
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Jen Chaney, Vulture, 28 June 2024
Vague, kid-friendly proclamations about giving a little love to change the world were exchanged for lyrics depicting a more mature, albeit still unspecific, approach to romance.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
Initial symptoms are unspecific, including fever, headache, malaise, chills, joint pain, nausea, and vomiting.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 25 Sep. 2024
But he was forced to call off his tour with Crazy Horse at the halfway point due to an unspecific illness in the band.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2024
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Jen Chaney, Vulture, 28 June 2024
Vague, kid-friendly proclamations about giving a little love to change the world were exchanged for lyrics depicting a more mature, albeit still unspecific, approach to romance.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
Initial symptoms are unspecific, including fever, headache, malaise, chills, joint pain, nausea, and vomiting.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 25 Sep. 2024
But he was forced to call off his tour with Crazy Horse at the halfway point due to an unspecific illness in the band.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unspecific
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Instead of vague goals, such as align with human values, researchers and developers can talk about specific contexts and roles for AI more clearly.—
Aidan Kierans,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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In fact, those professions grew because the accountant must also talk to clients, ask them questions, make judgement calls about sometimes vague tax code interpretations and execute numerous other judgements on a daily basis.—
Ismail Amla,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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But the scene itself could be read as a little ambiguous, too: is Sammie trying to pierce the veil again, playing a song that could both foster community but also bring back the vampires?—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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As the days turned into weeks, the reality of her situation remained ambiguous.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Films from Thor: Ragnarok's Taika Waititi and Wonder Woman's Patty Jenkins appear to be on indefinite hold.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
22 Apr. 2025
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There is a 90-day pause in place for most countries before new tariffs hit, though tariffs for Chinese goods are now as high as 145%. FTZs enable U.S. importers and manufacturers to store imports of finished goods for an indefinite amount of time without paying trade duties.—
Lori Ann LaRocco,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2025
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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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For added drama, there was a disorderly stampede out of Treasuries and the U.S. dollar , banishing hope and leaving an upside air pocket that was partially filled when buyers seized on the Trump administration’s equivocal feints toward a de-escalation of trade aggressions.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
26 Apr. 2025
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While cancellation options are available in advance of the other three periods—broadly speaking, advertisers may back out of between 25% and 50% of their Q1, Q2 and Q3 upfront allocations—the ontological status of fall buys is a lot less equivocal.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Unspecific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspecific. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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