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ambiguous

[am-big-yoo-uhs] / æmˈbɪg yu əs /


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Assuming cost is no object, and you can live with some bad or ambiguous news, it’s hard to argue against testing.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

“The fund is going to plaintiffs who were victims of lawfare or weaponization. … Those are pretty ambiguous terms. They’re sort of in the eye of the beholder,” Nixon said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

The MoD publicly accepted the Russian explanation, but three senior Western defence sources later told the BBC the Russian pilot had fired the missile following an ambiguous command from a Russian ground station.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

The last tail risk for risk assets that Steer identifies is concerns about Taiwan, following ambiguous comments about the island’s future after the summit between President Donald Trump China’s leader Xi Jinping.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

But she drew Bloomberg slightly closer to her and gave him an odd, ambiguous little hug.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger




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