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Recent Examples of vagueness
Capo said that vagueness is exactly what makes the TEA’s warning so concerning.
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Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2025
Your tolerance level for flakiness or vagueness can be flagged pretty quickly.
—Lucy Thorpe, Refinery29, 10 Sep. 2025
Our mission to bolster the neighborhoods on the West, East and Midtown areas of our city persists even in the veil of vagueness that now surrounds the prison’s future.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
That vagueness cuts against a criminal prosecution.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
A certain amount of vagueness is going to arise.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Olson, however, doesn't trust that the law will safeguard consumers, pointing to the vagueness inherent in the law's language charging the commission with evaluating a project’s reasonableness.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 21 Aug. 2025
Laws holding parents accountable were and are widely varied in severity and implementation, with vagueness and inconsistency being the hallmarks.
—Ellen Sauerbrey, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2025
Khomeini’s vagueness was central to his leadership.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2025
Your tolerance level for flakiness or vagueness can be flagged pretty quickly.
—Lucy Thorpe, Refinery29, 10 Sep. 2025
Our mission to bolster the neighborhoods on the West, East and Midtown areas of our city persists even in the veil of vagueness that now surrounds the prison’s future.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
That vagueness cuts against a criminal prosecution.
—Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
A certain amount of vagueness is going to arise.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Olson, however, doesn't trust that the law will safeguard consumers, pointing to the vagueness inherent in the law's language charging the commission with evaluating a project’s reasonableness.
—Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 21 Aug. 2025
Laws holding parents accountable were and are widely varied in severity and implementation, with vagueness and inconsistency being the hallmarks.
—Ellen Sauerbrey, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2025
Khomeini’s vagueness was central to his leadership.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vagueness
Noun
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This ambiguity let entrepreneurs like Sanders move into the market without immediate legal repercussions.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 Sep. 2025
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Resilience During Uncertainty – AI disruption creates stress and ambiguity; addressing our self-care needs helps leaders sustain performance and avoid burnout.—
Tony Gambill,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The vessel was operating in international waters but that added to the murkiness of the legal justification.—
Emily Goodin,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Many technological challenges abound in the murkiness of natural language chatting.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The show is serious about the barely exceptional lives of unremarkable American kids, finding profundity by treating these crossroads in life with care and nuance, not as petty problems.—
Greta Rainbow,
The Atlantic,
10 Sep. 2025
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From beach books to profundity, long-form fiction opened minds and shrank the world.—
Doug McIntyre,
Oc Register,
31 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Vagueness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vagueness. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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