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RECALL BEFORE REVEAL

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adjective

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ambiguous

The ambiguous directions could describe either entrance.
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A message about a shared studio said that members could reserve the back room after the next meeting. The timing was ambiguous: did booking begin when the meeting ended, or could members reserve dates that followed it?
From What Did the Message Mean?.
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