ambiguity
Example Sentences
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Initial ambiguity about whether the probe was truly over kept the path uncertain through the weekend.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
In a system that depends on signals from the top, that ambiguity is telling.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Removing ambiguity around how crypto is regulated would make it easier for institutional investors to buy digital assets and for traditional finance firms such as banks to offer their own crypto products.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
Borgli’s film demonstrates that a certain level of ambiguity and discomfort allows for complex conversation.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026
The resulting ambiguity was resolved by the addition of a silent sign called a determinative, to indicate the category of nouns to which the intended object belonged.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing ambiguity
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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Romeo and Juliet
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