mixed messages/signals

plural noun

: a showing of thoughts or feelings that are very different from each other

I don't know if he likes me; he keeps giving me mixed messages.

She's sending mixed signals about her feelings.

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But that plan's fate now rests in the hands of Trump and his incoming administration, which has sent mixed signals on the idea. —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024 The incoming Trump Administration has been sending mixed signals about the fate of Medicare. —

Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024 Retailers overall have been offering mixed signals on how resilient U.S. shoppers can remain amid the slowing job market and still-high prices. —

Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024 With mixed signals and a complicated relationship, many fans of this reality show might be wondering if Natalie and Josh are still together in 90 Day Fiancé: The Single Life and 90 Day Fiance: The Last Resort. —

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