open-ended

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Recent Examples of open-ended While Christensen filled in for Mays in an overtime win over the Arizona Cardinals in Week 16, the veteran’s future in the lineup was left open-ended, if not underwhelming, as a backup. Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2025 The 36-year-old left the possibility of coming out of retirement open-ended during an interview with GQ. George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024 Applicants may feel pressed to present themselves authentically in the two schools’ very different application essay formats: the longer, more open-ended form of the GSB and the shorter, more directed form of HBS. Dr. Marlena Corcoran, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024 Now that social media has engulfed culture, pop songs are teased as snippets, mined for the briefest hooks and effects, choreographed for vertical screens and pitched as the latest plot twist in a performer’s continuing, open-ended reality series, otherwise known as a career. Jon Pareles, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for open-ended 

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“Open-ended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/open-ended. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.

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