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as in ambiguity
deliberate evasion in speech
your equivocation when asked where you were last night is not reassuring
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as in ambiguousness
the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning
the equivocation of the last line of the poem, "That is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know"
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Recent Examples of equivocation
The very title of the exhibition, the first Conceptualist project to use photocopy as a medium, signals a deliberate equivocation over nothing less than the ontology of the art object.
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Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 May 2025
The equivocation that has characterized the administration’s legal responses to date is turning into objection and refusal.
—Henry Gass, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2025
The film attempts some equivocation with the enemy: while the sword-wielding commanding officer (Taki Abe) is a monster; the army engineer in charge of construction (Masa Yamaguchi) just wants to get the job done.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025
There should be no equivocation or the appearance of partiality.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 May 2025
The equivocation that has characterized the administration’s legal responses to date is turning into objection and refusal.
—Henry Gass, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2025
The film attempts some equivocation with the enemy: while the sword-wielding commanding officer (Taki Abe) is a monster; the army engineer in charge of construction (Masa Yamaguchi) just wants to get the job done.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025
There should be no equivocation or the appearance of partiality.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equivocation
Noun
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In reality, for decades Netanyahu has upheld Israel's policy of ambiguity.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Human creativity thrives in ambiguity and adaptive thinking.—
Sarat Chakravarthi,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Back in the days of typewriters and papers that could easily get lost in the shuffle, journalists typed -30- at the end of their pieces.—
Joanna Allhands,
AZCentral.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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During a year that included further footwear triumphs with Louis Vuitton, the launch of a new multipurpose brand platform, and an industry-favorite album with Clipse, Pharrell’s new Adidas collaboration was strong enough to not get lost in the shuffle.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Their circumlocutions were as entrancing as their ability to find the most precisely ironic words for difficult-to-name realities.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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Here, instead, she’s swayed by a dead Diana softly squeezing her hand and kindly hinting — the dead Diana is an ace at tactful circumlocution — that now is the time to show a mourning nation some emotion.—
Tom Gliatto,
Peoplemag,
16 Nov. 2023
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“Equivocation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equivocation. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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