ambiguity
Example Sentences
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He is not easily categorized as a political actor, and that ambiguity is precisely what makes him so difficult to pin down — and so easy to amplify.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026
“The President’s characteristic ambiguity leaves multiple military options open in the near term,” said Claudio Galimberti, chief economist at Rystad Energy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
The new policy erases all ambiguity around the question of whether bot-made text can exist on Wikipedia’s public pages to begin with.
From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026
This ambiguity is, at least partly, by design.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
The problem is not one of ungrammaticality but of ambiguity, as in the examples we saw in chapter 4.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing ambiguity
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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Romeo and Juliet
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