Sentence examples for ambiguous concepts from inspiring English sources

Executive privilege is one of the most ambiguous concepts in constitutional law.

The doctrine of executive privilege, which the Bush White House invoked in trying to keep Condoleezza Rice from testifying in public session before the terrorism commission, is widely viewed as one of the most ambiguous concepts in constitutional law.

Executive privilege, which Mr. Bush and other presidents have cited as a justification for not answering questions from Congress, is one of the most ambiguous concepts in constitutional law.

It would imply that our notions of explanation and causation are ambiguous concepts.

Understanding the way human beings use an innate understanding of probability to grasp new or ambiguous concepts.

A master of philosophical methodology, Hempel pursued explications of initially vague and ambiguous concepts, which were required to satisfy very specific criteria of adequacy.

"In fashion, quality is sometimes an ambiguous concept," he said.

But solvency is an ambiguous concept in a crisis.

While arrangements based on volume are relatively straightforward (five colonoscopies earn more than four), value is a more ambiguous concept.

The Texas courts have since refined the notion of "tortious interference," an ambiguous concept that generally means wrongful meddling and was Penzoil's chief legal argument against Texaco.

Even the dreaded jihad, Karabell writes, was an ambiguous concept, and could mean a moral program of self-discipline and purification.