vagueness
Example Sentences
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Until now there has been a deliberate vagueness about what France regards as its "vital interests", an attack on which would trigger a nuclear response.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
A U.S. official stressed to us the vagueness of that formulation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
But in terms of its actual content, the statement was pretty thin gruel, bristling with public relations-style circumlocution and vagueness.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026
"That kind of vagueness continues to be a problem because there are such severe penalties," she said.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2025
He smiled wide at Chronicler, all the vagueness gone from his expression.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Vocabulary lists containing vagueness
The Suffix -ness, Part 3
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