as in equivocally
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Recent Examples of ambiguously
Hacks star Jean Smart carried an ambiguously political message with her throughout the evening.
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Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
Jamian Juliano-Villani’s friezelike painting Women, 2024, offers a surreptitious turn on Marcel Duchamp and Eadweard Muybridge by featuring an ostensibly female figure with too many (and ambiguously gendered) appendages.
—Tim Griffin, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025
Linda is tasked with caring for her ambiguously ill child while her husband is out of town for work; their apartment ceiling collapses, forcing her and her daughter into a motel.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
Jamian Juliano-Villani’s friezelike painting Women, 2024, offers a surreptitious turn on Marcel Duchamp and Eadweard Muybridge by featuring an ostensibly female figure with too many (and ambiguously gendered) appendages.
—Tim Griffin, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025
Linda is tasked with caring for her ambiguously ill child while her husband is out of town for work; their apartment ceiling collapses, forcing her and her daughter into a motel.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambiguously
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 Apr. 2026
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He was asked the same question in a news conference last week, and also answered indirectly.—
Peter D'Abrosca , Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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His attorney accused the child actors’ parents of seeking financial gain and erroneously blaming Busfield when the boys weren’t brought back for the final season of the show.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
6 Apr. 2026
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Notably, Google’s AI tool erroneously says YouGov’s points are worth a penny each.—
Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2026
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Leike sent a message urging him not to falsely suggest that the effort had been approved.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Wilson countersued, claiming Georgia is trying to penalize him for his decision to transfer and alleging that Georgia staffers falsely told multiple unnamed Power 4 programs that information.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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And the fact that lots of these startups ultimately sell to other startups circuitously makes things even more insular.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Ambiguously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambiguously. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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