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Recent Examples of open-ended
After spending two years as Young’s sideline sounding board, Dalton’s future is somewhat open-ended, despite his outspoken desire to stick around.
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Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 18 Feb. 2025
Congress has left much of NEPA’s implementation open-ended, meaning that agencies and courts must determine the appropriate level of scrutiny.
—James Broughel, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
Things in Vengeance Most Fowl were left a little open-ended, THR points out, with Feathers McGraw escaping on a runaway train.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Feb. 2025
Any agreement should be open-ended, without the sunset clauses that made the 2015 deal so controversial.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
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Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 18 Feb. 2025
Congress has left much of NEPA’s implementation open-ended, meaning that agencies and courts must determine the appropriate level of scrutiny.
—James Broughel, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
Things in Vengeance Most Fowl were left a little open-ended, THR points out, with Feathers McGraw escaping on a runaway train.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Feb. 2025
Any agreement should be open-ended, without the sunset clauses that made the 2015 deal so controversial.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for open-ended
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“Open-ended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/open-ended. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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