open-ended
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This kind of open-ended investigation, often described as 'blue sky' research, can produce unexpected discoveries with benefits extending far beyond the original scientific question.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
When it comes to Halloween costumes, creatures are a time-tested crowd favorite, as well as a fairly open-ended prompt that can be left up to interpretation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Government ethics ranked second behind the economy in Pew's open-ended survey, cited by nine percent of voters.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
An insoluble puzzle may be how to give artificial intelligence agents complicated open-ended tasks—tasks that may have many unpredictable paths to a solution—without courting outcomes very much contrary to the intentions of the task giver.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Briony had heard her mother and sister analyze the latest twists and outrages, charges and countercharges, and she knew her cousins' visit was an open-ended one, and might even extend into term time.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Engineering: Defining Problems and Designing Solutions - Introductory
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