vague
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Patel’s vague statement, meanwhile, gave conspiracists just enough oxygen to turn a medically explainable death into a fountain of paranoia.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
The section’s vague language and many loopholes could have a chilling effect on any research that studies the effects of a disease, policy or public health intervention on any specific group of people, Rafla-Yuan said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
But its vague wording was ripe for misinterpretation.
From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2026
The rules on the use of European Parliament allowances are notoriously vague, and there’s conceivably overlap between how a political party carries out its national and European mandates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
But what did this deliberately vague promise mean?
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Wednesday’s meeting suggests that by dialing back how much the Fed says, Warsh might pull more officials into alignment—if only around a vaguer message.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
By the time April 2020 rolled around, Gyllenhaal had moved into vaguer terminology.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
But as global events have thrown up new challenges, it is now tied to a vaguer pledge to meet a new Nato spending target of 3.5% by 2035.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
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 its recent statement to customers, Liberty made only the vaguest of promises.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
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
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
Well, that launched a slew of questions from Mr. Morrison that I could answer only in the vaguest way.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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