[
  {
    "id": "hedge-001",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "modal-stacking",
    "pattern": "may potentially",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.85,
    "examples": [
      "This may potentially improve performance.",
      "Users may potentially prefer this approach."
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "This might improve performance",
      "This could improve performance",
      "Use one modal verb, not two"
    ],
    "context": "Double hedging - excessive uncertainty",
    "frequency": "common",
    "domains": [
      "academic",
      "technical"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-002",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "modal-stacking",
    "pattern": "might possibly",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.84,
    "examples": [
      "This might possibly reduce latency.",
      "We might possibly see improvements."
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "This might reduce latency",
      "This could reduce latency",
      "Choose one hedge word"
    ],
    "context": "Redundant hedging",
    "frequency": "common",
    "domains": [
      "academic"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-003",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "modal-stacking",
    "pattern": "could potentially",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.83,
    "examples": [
      "This could potentially scale better.",
      "We could potentially reduce costs."
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "This could scale better",
      "This might scale better",
      "Avoid stacking modals"
    ],
    "context": "Double uncertainty",
    "frequency": "very-common",
    "domains": [
      "technical",
      "executive"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-004",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "adverbial-hedges",
    "pattern": "\\barguably\\b",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.82,
    "examples": [
      "This is arguably the best approach.",
      "Arguably, caching is essential."
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "This is the best approach",
      "Make the argument without hedging",
      "Commit to your position"
    ],
    "context": "Weakens authoritative voice",
    "frequency": "very-common",
    "domains": [
      "academic",
      "technical"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-005",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "adverbial-hedges",
    "pattern": "\\bpossibly\\b",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.78,
    "examples": [
      "This possibly explains the behavior.",
      "We could possibly optimize this."
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "This might explain the behavior",
      "This likely explains the behavior",
      "Choose stronger or omit"
    ],
    "context": "Weak possibility marker",
    "frequency": "common",
    "domains": [
      "academic",
      "technical"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-006",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "adverbial-hedges",
    "pattern": "\\bperhaps\\b",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.77,
    "examples": [
      "Perhaps we should consider caching.",
      "This is perhaps the main issue."
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "We should consider caching",
      "This is the main issue",
      "Be more definitive"
    ],
    "context": "Tentative suggestion",
    "frequency": "common",
    "domains": [
      "academic"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-007",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "appearance-verbs",
    "pattern": "\\bseems to\\b",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.8,
    "examples": [
      "This seems to improve performance.",
      "The approach seems to work well."
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "This improves performance by 23%",
      "The approach works well",
      "State what you know or measured"
    ],
    "context": "Uncertain observation",
    "frequency": "very-common",
    "domains": [
      "academic",
      "technical"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-008",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "appearance-verbs",
    "pattern": "\\bappears to\\b",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.79,
    "examples": [
      "The system appears to handle load well.",
      "This appears to be the bottleneck."
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "The system handles 10k req/sec",
      "This is the bottleneck",
      "Provide evidence or commit"
    ],
    "context": "Tentative assessment",
    "frequency": "common",
    "domains": [
      "academic",
      "technical"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-009",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "appearance-verbs",
    "pattern": "\\btends to\\b",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.76,
    "examples": [
      "Caching tends to improve speed.",
      "This pattern tends to emerge."
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "Caching improves speed",
      "This pattern emerges when...",
      "Be more specific about when"
    ],
    "context": "General tendency claim",
    "frequency": "common",
    "domains": [
      "academic",
      "technical"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-010",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "intensifier-hedges",
    "pattern": "\\bsomewhat\\b",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.81,
    "examples": [
      "This is somewhat complex.",
      "Performance is somewhat degraded."
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "This has 5 dependencies and 3 edge cases",
      "Performance dropped from 50ms to 75ms",
      "Quantify the degree"
    ],
    "context": "Vague degree marker",
    "frequency": "very-common",
    "domains": [
      "academic",
      "technical"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-011",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "intensifier-hedges",
    "pattern": "\\brather\\b",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.75,
    "examples": [
      "This is rather inefficient.",
      "The process is rather slow."
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "This uses O(n²) time complexity",
      "The process takes 2 seconds vs 50ms target",
      "Specify the inefficiency"
    ],
    "context": "British-style hedge",
    "frequency": "common",
    "domains": [
      "academic"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-012",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "intensifier-hedges",
    "pattern": "\\bquite\\b",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.74,
    "examples": [
      "This is quite effective.",
      "The results are quite promising."
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "This improved conversion by 34%",
      "Accuracy increased from 78% to 91%",
      "Use specific measurements"
    ],
    "context": "Vague intensifier",
    "frequency": "very-common",
    "domains": [
      "academic",
      "technical"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-013",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "extent-qualifiers",
    "pattern": "to some extent",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.83,
    "examples": [
      "This is true to some extent.",
      "Performance improves to some extent."
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "This is true in 60% of cases",
      "Performance improves by 15-25%",
      "Quantify the extent"
    ],
    "context": "Vague partial agreement",
    "frequency": "common",
    "domains": [
      "academic"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-014",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "extent-qualifiers",
    "pattern": "to a certain degree",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.81,
    "examples": [
      "Caching helps to a certain degree.",
      "This is accurate to a certain degree."
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "Caching reduces latency by 40%",
      "This is 85% accurate",
      "Specify the degree"
    ],
    "context": "Vague qualification",
    "frequency": "common",
    "domains": [
      "academic"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-015",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "extent-qualifiers",
    "pattern": "to a large extent",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.79,
    "examples": [
      "This explains the behavior to a large extent.",
      "Success depends to a large extent on testing."
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "This explains 70% of the behavior",
      "Testing accounts for 80% of success",
      "Quantify 'large extent'"
    ],
    "context": "Imprecise quantity",
    "frequency": "common",
    "domains": [
      "academic"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-016",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "conditional-hedges",
    "pattern": "in most cases",
    "severity": "low",
    "confidence": 0.7,
    "examples": [
      "In most cases, caching improves speed.",
      "This works in most cases."
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "Caching improves speed except for tiny datasets",
      "This works for 95% of inputs",
      "Specify when it doesn't work"
    ],
    "context": "Acceptable qualifier if truthful",
    "frequency": "very-common",
    "domains": [
      "technical"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-017",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "conditional-hedges",
    "pattern": "in many cases",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.76,
    "examples": [
      "In many cases, this approach works.",
      "Performance improves in many cases."
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "This works for read-heavy workloads",
      "Performance improves 60% of the time",
      "Specify the conditions"
    ],
    "context": "Vague frequency",
    "frequency": "common",
    "domains": [
      "technical",
      "academic"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-018",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "conditional-hedges",
    "pattern": "in some cases",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.78,
    "examples": [
      "In some cases, optimization is necessary.",
      "This fails in some cases."
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "Optimization is necessary for datasets >1GB",
      "This fails for concurrent writes",
      "Name the specific cases"
    ],
    "context": "Very vague qualifier",
    "frequency": "common",
    "domains": [
      "technical",
      "academic"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-019",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "likelihood-phrases",
    "pattern": "it is (possible|likely|probable) that",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.82,
    "examples": [
      "It is possible that caching would help.",
      "It is likely that users prefer simplicity."
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "Caching might help",
      "Users prefer simplicity (87% in survey)",
      "Shorten or provide evidence"
    ],
    "context": "Wordy hedge construction",
    "frequency": "common",
    "domains": [
      "academic"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-020",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "likelihood-phrases",
    "pattern": "(may|might|could) (help to|serve to|contribute to)",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.8,
    "examples": [
      "This may help to reduce latency.",
      "Caching could serve to improve speed."
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "This might reduce latency",
      "Caching improves speed",
      "Remove verbose hedge"
    ],
    "context": "Wordy possibility construction",
    "frequency": "common",
    "domains": [
      "academic",
      "technical"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-021",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "likelihood-phrases",
    "pattern": "has the potential to",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.84,
    "examples": [
      "This has the potential to scale well.",
      "The approach has the potential to succeed."
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "This could scale to 100k users",
      "The approach might succeed if we fix X",
      "Be specific about potential"
    ],
    "context": "Weak potential claim",
    "frequency": "very-common",
    "domains": [
      "executive",
      "academic"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-022",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "probability-adverbs",
    "pattern": "\\bpresumably\\b",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.77,
    "examples": [
      "This presumably improves performance.",
      "Users presumably want faster load times."
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "This improves performance (verified in tests)",
      "Users want faster load times (cite survey)",
      "Replace assumption with evidence"
    ],
    "context": "Assumption without verification",
    "frequency": "occasional",
    "domains": [
      "academic"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-023",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "probability-adverbs",
    "pattern": "\\bsupposedly\\b",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.76,
    "examples": [
      "This supposedly works at scale.",
      "The framework is supposedly faster."
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "This works at 50k req/sec (benchmarked)",
      "The framework is 2.3x faster (our tests)",
      "Verify or cite evidence"
    ],
    "context": "Skeptical hedge - verify instead",
    "frequency": "occasional",
    "domains": [
      "technical"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-024",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "generalization-hedges",
    "pattern": "generally speaking",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.75,
    "examples": [
      "Generally speaking, caching helps.",
      "Generally speaking, testing reduces bugs."
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "Caching helps except for...",
      "Testing reduces bugs by 40% (study X)",
      "Be specific about exceptions"
    ],
    "context": "Vague generalization",
    "frequency": "common",
    "domains": [
      "academic",
      "executive"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-025",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "generalization-hedges",
    "pattern": "broadly speaking",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.74,
    "examples": [
      "Broadly speaking, microservices add complexity.",
      "Broadly speaking, users want speed."
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "Microservices add operational complexity",
      "Users abandon sites slower than 3 seconds",
      "State specifics"
    ],
    "context": "Vague scope qualifier",
    "frequency": "occasional",
    "domains": [
      "executive"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-026",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "appearance-verbs",
    "pattern": "would appear to",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.8,
    "examples": [
      "Example using would appear to",
      "Another example with would appear to"
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Tentative observation",
    "frequency": "occasional",
    "domains": [
      "technical",
      "executive",
      "academic"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-027",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "appearance-verbs",
    "pattern": "seems like",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.78,
    "examples": [
      "Example using seems like",
      "Another example with seems like"
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Informal hedge",
    "frequency": "occasional",
    "domains": [
      "technical",
      "executive",
      "academic"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-028",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "appearance-verbs",
    "pattern": "looks like",
    "severity": "low",
    "confidence": 0.72,
    "examples": [
      "Example using looks like",
      "Another example with looks like"
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Visual/informal hedge",
    "frequency": "occasional",
    "domains": [
      "technical",
      "executive",
      "academic"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-029",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "informal-hedges",
    "pattern": "kind of",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.75,
    "examples": [
      "Example using kind of",
      "Another example with kind of"
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Casual vagueness",
    "frequency": "occasional",
    "domains": [
      "technical",
      "executive",
      "academic"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-030",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "informal-hedges",
    "pattern": "sort of",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.75,
    "examples": [
      "Example using sort of",
      "Another example with sort of"
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Casual vagueness",
    "frequency": "occasional",
    "domains": [
      "technical",
      "executive",
      "academic"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-031",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "approximation",
    "pattern": "more or less",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.79,
    "examples": [
      "Example using more or less",
      "Another example with more or less"
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Vague approximation",
    "frequency": "occasional",
    "domains": [
      "technical",
      "executive",
      "academic"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-032",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "simplification-hedges",
    "pattern": "basically",
    "severity": "low",
    "confidence": 0.68,
    "examples": [
      "Example using basically",
      "Another example with basically"
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Often unnecessary",
    "frequency": "occasional",
    "domains": [
      "technical",
      "executive",
      "academic"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-033",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "simplification-hedges",
    "pattern": "essentially",
    "severity": "low",
    "confidence": 0.69,
    "examples": [
      "Example using essentially",
      "Another example with essentially"
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Often unnecessary",
    "frequency": "occasional",
    "domains": [
      "technical",
      "executive",
      "academic"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-034",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "approximation",
    "pattern": "virtually",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.76,
    "examples": [
      "Example using virtually",
      "Another example with virtually"
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Near-complete claim",
    "frequency": "occasional",
    "domains": [
      "technical",
      "executive",
      "academic"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-035",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "extent-qualifiers",
    "pattern": "largely",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.74,
    "examples": [
      "Example using largely",
      "Another example with largely"
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Vague extent",
    "frequency": "occasional",
    "domains": [
      "technical",
      "executive",
      "academic"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-036",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "extent-qualifiers",
    "pattern": "mostly",
    "severity": "low",
    "confidence": 0.7,
    "examples": [
      "Example using mostly",
      "Another example with mostly"
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Acceptable with specifics",
    "frequency": "occasional",
    "domains": [
      "technical",
      "executive",
      "academic"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-037",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "frequency-hedges",
    "pattern": "typically",
    "severity": "low",
    "confidence": 0.68,
    "examples": [
      "Example using typically",
      "Another example with typically"
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Common pattern",
    "frequency": "occasional",
    "domains": [
      "technical",
      "executive",
      "academic"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-038",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "frequency-hedges",
    "pattern": "usually",
    "severity": "low",
    "confidence": 0.67,
    "examples": [
      "Example using usually",
      "Another example with usually"
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Common pattern",
    "frequency": "occasional",
    "domains": [
      "technical",
      "executive",
      "academic"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-039",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "frequency-hedges",
    "pattern": "often",
    "severity": "low",
    "confidence": 0.66,
    "examples": [
      "Example using often",
      "Another example with often"
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Frequency claim",
    "frequency": "occasional",
    "domains": [
      "technical",
      "executive",
      "academic"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-040",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "frequency-hedges",
    "pattern": "sometimes",
    "severity": "low",
    "confidence": 0.65,
    "examples": [
      "Example using sometimes",
      "Another example with sometimes"
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Vague frequency",
    "frequency": "occasional",
    "domains": [
      "technical",
      "executive",
      "academic"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "hedge-041",
    "category": "hedging-language",
    "subcategory": "modal-stacking",
    "pattern": "can sometimes",
    "severity": "medium",
    "confidence": 0.78,
    "examples": [
      "Example using can sometimes",
      "Another example with can sometimes"
    ],
    "replacements": [
      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Double hedge",
    "frequency": "occasional",
    "domains": [
      "technical",
      "executive",
      "academic"
    ]
  },
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      "Another example with may sometimes"
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
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      "Another example with might sometimes"
    ],
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Double hedge",
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      "executive",
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    ],
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Double hedge",
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      "executive",
      "academic"
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    "id": "hedge-045",
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      "Example using presumably",
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
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      "academic"
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      "Example using apparently",
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Uncertain observation",
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      "executive",
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      "Example using supposedly",
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    ],
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
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    ],
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Distancing language",
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      "executive",
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
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      "executive",
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      "Another example with it would seem"
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
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      "executive",
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Distance from claim",
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      "executive",
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Indirect assertion",
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      "executive",
      "academic"
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
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      "executive",
      "academic"
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
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      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
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      "executive",
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    "id": "hedge-058",
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Vague majority claim",
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Vague generalization",
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      "executive",
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    "id": "hedge-060",
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
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    "id": "hedge-061",
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Wordy approximation",
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      "executive",
      "academic"
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "British variant",
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      "executive",
      "academic"
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    "id": "hedge-065",
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Partial agreement",
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      "executive",
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    "id": "hedge-066",
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Partial agreement",
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      "executive",
      "academic"
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    "id": "hedge-067",
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
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    "domains": [
      "technical",
      "executive",
      "academic"
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Bounded claim",
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      "executive",
      "academic"
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      "Another example with with certain reservations"
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Qualified agreement",
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      "technical",
      "executive",
      "academic"
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    "id": "hedge-070",
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      "Another example with with some exceptions"
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Non-universal claim",
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      "technical",
      "executive",
      "academic"
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    "id": "hedge-071",
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    ],
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Formal caveat",
    "frequency": "common",
    "domains": [
      "technical",
      "executive",
      "academic"
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      "Another example with all things being equal"
    ],
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Idealized condition",
    "frequency": "common",
    "domains": [
      "technical",
      "executive",
      "academic"
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      "Another example with other things being equal"
    ],
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Ceteris paribus",
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    "domains": [
      "technical",
      "executive",
      "academic"
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      "Example using under normal circumstances",
      "Another example with under normal circumstances"
    ],
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Conditional claim",
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      "technical",
      "executive",
      "academic"
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      "Example using under certain conditions",
      "Another example with under certain conditions"
    ],
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      "Use specific language instead",
      "Be more direct",
      "Provide concrete details"
    ],
    "context": "Vague conditions",
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      "technical",
      "executive",
      "academic"
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    ],
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      "executive"
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      "Use specific evidence instead"
    ],
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      "technical",
      "executive"
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      "Use specific evidence instead"
    ],
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      "technical",
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      "Use specific evidence instead"
    ],
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      "academic",
      "technical",
      "executive"
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      "Use specific evidence instead"
    ],
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      "academic",
      "technical",
      "executive"
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    "id": "hedge-081",
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      "Use specific evidence instead"
    ],
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      "technical",
      "executive"
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    "id": "hedge-082",
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    ],
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