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  • noun Plural form of ambiguity.

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Examples

  • That said, the Gollum business and the Arkenstone incident both show certain ambiguities in his heroism.

    Linkspam for 29-7-2009 nwhyte 2009

  • Notably, the major short-term ambiguities that kept market participants on the fence - the

    InvestmentNews.com Latest Headlines 2010

  • With certain ambiguities in literary Chinese (which is sort of a cross between Latin and shorthand, for a modern English analogy), the argument is either that if you want a white horse, you don’t want just any horse, so a “white” horse is not “a” horse.

    Matthew Yglesias » Sleep Deprivation 2010

  • But no one seems capable of resolving certain ambiguities.

    The Memory Hole 2005

  • But no one seems capable of resolving certain ambiguities.

    The Memory Hole 2005

  • The bill, which was passed by the State Senate on June 24 and by the Assembly on July 1, would amend the city's multiple dwelling law and the administrative code to remove what lawmakers described as ambiguities in the current rules that allowed landlords to convert apartments in residential buildings into way stations for transient visitors.

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • Paul Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman, said a rule aimed at preventing banks from making risky bets with the firm's own capital must be written so that "bankers and their lawyers and lobbyists" don't exploit "ambiguities" and try to evade the law.

    World Watch 2010

  • In fact, a new industry of contingency-fee consultants has sprung up to help states find and exploit the "ambiguities" in Medicaid's regulatory wasteland.

    Medicaid Money Laundering 2008

  • In his public comments Sunday, Mr. Paulson said the "ambiguities" in the firms 'congressional charters led foreign central banks and investors in the U.S. and around the world to believe the firms' debt was "virtually risk-free."

    Mortgage Bailout Is Greeted 2008

  • Both the act, plus amendments to correct "ambiguities" identified in it, and a set of regulations, would come into force on May 2, Ntsaluba said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

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