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ambiguity

[am-bi-gyoo-i-tee] / ˌæm bɪˈgju ɪ ti /


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Critic Siddhant Adlakha was struck by the ambiguity the film captures.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

I wondered if ambiguity had been outlawed along with the funeral rites of Antíkona’s warrior brother Polynices.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

"Reforms are not clearly defined in the agreement document. Some ambiguity remains", Abdoulaye Ndiaye, a Senegalese economist at New York University, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

He offered no similar ambiguity about what he believed should happen when a journalist characterized that record differently.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 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

“These ambiguities … are only likely to intensify as the conflict evolves,” Skuld said.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026

That includes the need to maintain the ambiguities and the nuance of the film as Tracy wrote it.

From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026

Any ambiguities in the videos shared online were seized upon - different angles and different screengrabs were used to push a particular narrative.

From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026

The Times had to compensate for ambiguities and apparent data entry errors, often by taking into account freehand notes on a permit that painted a clearer picture of the project.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025

Many of the silliest ambiguities in the Internet memes come from newspaper headlines and magazine tag lines precisely because they have been stripped of all punctuation.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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