How to Use equivocation in a Sentence

equivocation

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  • But equivocation does make up the texture of both plays.
    — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 26 May 2022
  • Five years ago, climate change was a top concern in the bloc without equivocation.
    — Justin Worland, TIME, 13 May 2024
  • The external threat of Putin was met head-on and with little equivocation from Ukraine’s coalition of allies.
    — James P. Moore Jr., Fortune Europe, 22 Feb. 2024
  • After many years of equivocation and handwringing, Arab states have decided to bring Syria in from the cold and back into the fold.
    — Foreign Affairs, 23 May 2023
  • Like most of the directors at Cannes, Baker believes fully, without equivocation, in the feature film and the big screen.
    — Jake Coyle, Star Tribune, 4 July 2021
  • His equivocation has allowed the issue to fester and created fodder for a new line of attack from the right.
    — Charlie Savage and Katie Glueck New York Times, Star Tribune, 25 Oct. 2020
  • Despite its brevity, and its equivocations, the Times write-up must have roused interest in MTV’s new venture.
    — Hazlitt, 4 May 2022
  • Springsteen does not endorse products, and the spot was filmed just a week ago, which perhaps suggests some zero-hour equivocation on his part.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2021
  • There was little in the way of equivocation in Carlson’s delivery.
    — Washington Post, 26 July 2021
  • Garnish: There’s some equivocation among the online recipes on lemon vs. orange peel, perhaps because of the sweetness.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 11 May 2024
  • If that is resolve, then what would ambivalence and equivocation be?
    — Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2020
  • But equivocation in a country that doesn’t care a whit if Shakespeare is still on the syllabus can easily pass unnoticed.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Just imagine how costly our timidity and equivocation will prove to be then.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 20 July 2022
  • The equivocation left the door open for political opponents to portray her as a flip-flopper.
    — Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2022
  • Wolff’s medical ethics are gibberish to a person of faith, as a politician’s equivocation is nonsense to her.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 15 June 2023
  • The series covers one event in particular that illustrates the outcome of this sort of equivocation.
    — Dara Horn, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2022
  • The 42 degree high spoke without equivocation of winter.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The natural ensuing thought is that leadership is to be found at all levels, and the past 15 months have demonstrated that without equivocation.
    — Eli Amdur, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021
  • A day after coach Gregg Popovich said the Spurs intend to play games in Austin annually, the franchise's top executive responded with equivocation when asked about the club's plans.
    — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Certainly, Palin’s equivocation on big issues can still be brazen.
    — T.a. Frank, Washington Post, 12 July 2022
  • But the script’s equivocations about a diagnosis (the side effect of an experimental drug?
    — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024
  • First, that of hypodescent, where one drop of black blood means that an individual is black, without equivocation.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2012
  • The world was appalled by the equivocation of the academic leaders when asked if advocating genocide against Jews violated their codes of conduct.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2023
  • His brief equivocation about the plan to murder Duncan is delivered with little conviction.
    — Charles Isherwood, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Too many companies have defaulted to endless pivots and equivocation, at the expense of decisiveness and clarity — and their employees are left to bear the brunt.
    — Ryan Wong, Forbes, 7 June 2021
  • These rhetorical tempests echoed those that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine two years ago, when Francis was accused of equivocation for his initial refusal to name Russia as the aggressor in the war.
    — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The equivocation may have been a self-protective measure to deflect blame, in case things went awry, but such ambiguity has been known to spark unintended consequences.
    — Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Harris’ equivocation over Biden’s intentions — two days after her initial comments to CNN — is likely to add to that speculation.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2022
  • But there’s no equivocation in his answer: Continuum by John Mayer.
    — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2021
  • But after some equivocation, Beethoven roundly rejected Napoleon soon enough.
    — Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com, 24 Sep. 2021

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