How to Use open-ended in a Sentence
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But her farewell to the crowd was more open-ended than that.
— Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Nov. 2024 -
Sometimes the union waging the strike doesn’t have the option to have an open-ended strike.
— Chris Isidore, CNN, 15 Oct. 2023 -
Sometimes the union waging the strike doesn’t have the option, at least not at that time, to have an open-ended strike.
— Chris Isidore, CNN, 25 Mar. 2023 -
The Classic Deluxe Brick Box is always a smart choice for some open-ended play.
— Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 11 July 2023 -
That bill was filed in the first week of the session, and would require the state to fund charter schools — Miles’ bill is more open-ended.
— The Courier-Journal, 26 Jan. 2024 -
The draft that Clint initially read was even more open-ended.
— Tomris Laffly, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024 -
Those were just hanging out, open-ended, with two stories of house on top of them.
— Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Aug. 2023 -
Of course, these blocks are also fun for creative and open-ended play.
— Maya Polton, Parents, 7 Nov. 2023 -
And there are some things that are open-ended, so never say never.
— Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023 -
One of the biggest concerns is the open-ended nature of the fighting, which has lasted more than a year.
— David McHugh, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024 -
That resolution to lose 10 pounds is too vague and open-ended.
— Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024 -
Then there’s the open-ended nature of how people interact with LLMs.
— Jay Castello, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2024 -
Kaos was left open-ended, and Covell has spoken about a vision for three seasons.
— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024 -
But Still No Diana The series, which concluded in 2021, left things open-ended.
— Kelly Martinez, Peoplemag, 29 June 2023 -
Whether this could be overcome is somewhat an open-ended question.
— Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 May 2023 -
Haute Couture The high-fashion theme of 1995 was both straightforward and vastly open-ended.
— Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023 -
Sometimes a self-ask might be insightful when the question or problem is open-ended.
— Lance Eliot, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024 -
This adorable workbench encourages all sorts of creative and open-ended play.
— Jessica Booth, Parents, 1 Nov. 2023 -
Plus, the classic series offers small, medium, and large boxes of bricks that inspire open-ended play—and the large is a whopping 47% off for Prime Day.
— Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 16 July 2024 -
Plus, the classic series offers small, medium, and large boxes of bricks that inspire open-ended play—and the large is a whopping 44% off for Prime Day.
— Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 16 July 2024 -
Of course, my toast had been a platitude, open-ended to accommodate any wish.
— Ayşegül Savaş, The New Yorker, 14 July 2024 -
Still, the current hurricane wind scale is open-ended, Masters said.
— Max Chesnes, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2024 -
Made up of eight cups, each one featuring a different color and pattern, this toy leads to some great open-ended play.
— Maya Polton, Parents, 11 May 2024 -
As for the most pressing question: is Rage on yet another open-ended hiatus?
— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 29 Mar. 2023 -
The questions about the 2020 election were open-ended, two people familiar with the questioning said.
— Josh Dawsey The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 28 Mar. 2024 -
For you, was part of the appeal being able to zero in on one family instead of making something more open-ended?
— Matthew Jacobs, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023 -
Along with scoring the sheets, testers are able to provide open-ended feedback about their experiences.
— Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2023 -
Finding a solution to these problems is a big, open-ended challenge.
— IEEE Spectrum, 12 May 2024 -
Canales’ offensive system comes to town with an open-ended outlook.
— Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 29 Jan. 2024 -
Hundreds of hospitality workers at a Las Vegas casino walked off the job Nov. 15, launching the first open-ended strike in more than two decades for Nevada’s largest union.
— Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
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