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 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

Some are shocked by the admission that he invented aspects of his mentor’s past for his article, while others think the ambiguity is exactly what Thomas would have wanted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Any ambiguity, any tendency to wander from the matter at hand, will introduce grave hazards for the cells, and even more for the host in which they live.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas