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What do you call a sentence that can be read with two different meanings?

A sentence that can be read with two different meanings is called an ambiguous sentence.

Here are some other terms related to this concept:

* Ambiguity: The state of having more than one possible meaning.

* Double entendre: A phrase or word that has a second, often humorous or suggestive meaning.

* Equivocal: Open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous.

* Polysemous: Having multiple meanings.

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