Sentence examples for the vague term from inspiring English sources

Until then, there had been no formal declaration of war, and the Empire's military operations in Uruguay since August 1864 had been mere "reprisals"—the vague term used by Brazilian diplomacy since the ultimatum.

The vague term "lifestyle" is particularly vexing in this context.

So far, the vague term community has been used for places that sent out colonies.

You wouldn't use the vague term "heart condition," they argue, to describe a specific form of cardiac arrhythmia.

The journalists, however, countered that the vague term gave the government too much discretion to determine what was "ordinary" journalistic practice and what was unusual.

3. "Capacity to Understand and to Follow Simple Instructions" The vague term "simple instructions" lacks specificity and is therefore open to interpretation by healthcare professionals.

Some countries are so eager to thwart biological thievery that they are going beyond the vague terms in the treaty.

Of particular significance is how the vague terms that invoke the commercial context (originally intended by Llewellyn as a means of incorporating ex ante default rules) have been used to challenge the objective meaning of disputed contracts.

Where, however, as in this case, the statute or regulation is challenged as vague because individuals to whom it plainly applies simply cannot understand what is required of them and do not wish to forswear all activity arguably within the scope of the vague terms, abstention is not required.

Either he couldn't or he could answer in only the vaguest terms.

None of the realistic Republican presidential possibilities is discussing spending cuts except in the vaguest terms.