as in ambiguousness
the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning
the ambiguity of the clairvoyant's messages from the deceased allowed the grieving relatives to interpret them however they wished
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Today, such a contest would be made all the more unpredictable given the complexity and ambiguity of measuring progress toward something so abstract as intelligence.
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Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
That also allows for some telling ambiguities: In a town that is fairly uniform in its comfortable whiteness, there’s little way to guess upfront where individuals may land on certain polarizing political issues.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
This can contribute to a sense of purpose and direction and help team members overcome inevitable hurdles and times of ambiguity.
—Jacob Kupietzky, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
The film gets some points for having Grant suffering from PTSD and haunted by his war experiences, which introduces some ambiguity to its smash-the-commies plot, but there’s otherwise not much of interest here.
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—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Ambiguity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambiguity. Accessed 13 Dec. 2024.
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