Sentence examples for vague phrasing from inspiring English sources

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The court was asked to clarify three issues arising from vague phrasing in the EU biotechnology directive.

Most Americans believe Trump wasn't exonerated of the specific allegation that his campaign had colluded with Russia — a vague phrasing that wasn't mentioned in Barr's letter at all — but that, instead, possible coordination couldn't be proved.

Most of the bills attempt to prohibit blanket bans on ex-offenders obtaining licenses, but not all of them target vague phrasing — such as "moral character" or "moral turpitude" — in statutes.

Sherman cites studies of the vocabulary in Iris Murdoch's later works, which showed signs of Alzheimer's years before her diagnosis, and the increasingly repetitive and vague phrasing in Agatha Christie's final novels – although the crime writer was never diagnosed with dementia.

"That discussion can only take place in an atmosphere in which illegal immigration is a memory of the past, no longer with us, allowing us to weigh the different options available based on the new circumstances at the time," Mr. Trump said, using the sort of vague phrasing that he once criticized.

From the vantage point of this inquirer, it certainly looks as if the allegation particularly the choice of the conveniently vague phrasing "sexual relations" combined with otherwise highly specific details about the when, the where, and the who of the supposed event amounted to a trumped-up attempt on the part of a small circle of Bailey's transwomen critics to damage his professional reputation.

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A vague phrase, and he didn't spell it out.

"We all have different definitions of a vague phrase like global warming," I noted.

(She employs vague phrases: "the situation" or "what's going on right now").

It is, rather, a set of vague phrases that, when put in motion, somehow justify the introduction of other vague phrases.

May's vague phrases hardly make sense but they are also dismissive, brooking no opposition.

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