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Recent Examples of unspecific
Initial symptoms are unspecific, including fever, headache, malaise, chills, joint pain, nausea, and vomiting.
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Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 25 Sep. 2024
But he was forced to call off his tour with Crazy Horse at the halfway point due to an unspecific illness in the band.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2024
Trump’s apparent predilection for strongmen, his skepticism of government institutions, and his attacks on the press are similarly unspecific to Africa.
—John Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2020
The criminal complaint against Anderson initially said blood was found throughout his home: on bedding in a bedroom, a stairwell wall to the basement, and in an unspecific location.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2024
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Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 25 Sep. 2024
But he was forced to call off his tour with Crazy Horse at the halfway point due to an unspecific illness in the band.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2024
Trump’s apparent predilection for strongmen, his skepticism of government institutions, and his attacks on the press are similarly unspecific to Africa.
—John Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2020
The criminal complaint against Anderson initially said blood was found throughout his home: on bedding in a bedroom, a stairwell wall to the basement, and in an unspecific location.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unspecific
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Related Stories The film, however, bears no clear timeline, other than the vague notion of modernity.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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Filmmakers work to an intentionally vague brief from Mrs. Muccia Prada: make a short film, using Miu Miu’s latest collection, that articulates a woman’s story.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2025
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Their reasoning is ambiguous and the move is likely to put moderate Republicans facing reelection in swing districts in an uncomfortable position.—
Lee Hamilton,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Executive orders have nearly always been legally ambiguous.—
Meredith Conroy,
ABC News,
6 Feb. 2025
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Vought’s order puts on indefinite hold all the CFPB’s enforcement and investigative activities.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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Full normalization of ties would require an indefinite cap on enrichment, verifiable limits to Tehran’s missile program, and a cutoff of weapons and training for militia groups.—
Bloomberg Opinion,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2025
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Douglas argued that the U.S. Constitution allows for several inexplicit rights, all of which flow from other protections explicitly stated in the document.—
Alexandra M. Lord,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 May 2022
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Its particular target at that particular church on that particular morning remains the gesture’s one inexplicit feature.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
5 Apr. 2021
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The Biden administration will need to offer North Korea a more full-throated, less equivocal olive branch to transform the vicious cycle of provocation into a virtuous cycle of accommodation.—
Frank Aum,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Dec. 2022
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Some conservative deficit hawks are much less equivocal.—
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
11 Jan. 2025
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“Unspecific.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspecific. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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