Example Sentences

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The field’s open-endedness is both a challenge and opportunity—fallow-but-fertile ground for germinating ideas that could blossom to shape research for generations to come.

From Scientific American • Apr. 6, 2023

This open-endedness makes philosophy a somewhat awkward and confusing subject for students.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

The International Olympic Committee already has said there will be no flower ceremony if Valieva places among the top three finishers, creating an awkward feeling of open-endedness when the event wraps up.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2022

But those who are open to a slower, weirder experience at the movies will leave with their brains abuzz at the movie’s intoxicating open-endedness.

From Slate • Jul. 29, 2021

There is a strong sense of relativism in science, an appropriate self- doubt in humanistic discourse, and an appropriate understanding of the multiplicity and open-endedness in almost every aspect of our social and political life.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai