vague
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“And finally, the phrase ‘physically demanding’ is vague at best.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
“They are super vague and very difficult to get any background info on,” Kao reassured him.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
There’s a Swiss company, for example, that sells “virtual medbeds”—$2,500 for nothing but the vague promise of DNA reprogramming.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
It also highlighted concerns that British Steel's 4,052 workers face uncertainty and the steel strategy is still vague about when the 50% target would be achieved.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
He had vague notions of struggling to learn his letters while he worked in the coal mine, every day a battle to survive the dangerous work.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
But such a war would be putty in the hands of international judges if they were to adopt a vaguer standard that allows genocidal intent to be inferred “holistically” from “facts and circumstances.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
But this is a slightly vaguer way of phrasing it that pollsters tend to be more sceptical about.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025
But racial resentment seems to deepen in times of anxiety, when many people seek a specific target for their fears rather than deal with a vaguer sense of dread.
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2024
Other candidates have been vaguer on their answers.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2023
And the vaguer you told things, the better.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
In Mr Gallant's "four corners" plan, the Palestinian component is perhaps the vaguest.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2024
Even now, far from home, he’s too scared to be identified beyond his last name and with only the vaguest military details.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2023
The mercurial billionaire has made only the vaguest of public statements about his plans for the company and its products.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
As anyone with even the vaguest understanding of reproductive systems knows, creating a void in any form of medical training has far reaching consequences.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2022
I had only the vaguest of ideas as to what any of the ma- :hines might have done.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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