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ambivalence

[am-biv-uh-luhns] / æmˈbɪv ə ləns /


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The ambivalence among advisers’ views may help explain why they do not appear to have much impact on their clients.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

Yet Mr. Talty does not ignore his heroes’ ambivalence.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

He described it as a symbol of "the messy ambivalence of my Jewish-Zionist identity".

From BBC Apr. 24, 2026

Dianne, a onetime star with a flatlined career and on the wrong side of 50, toggles between worrying she’ll never act again and ambivalence about even trying.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 3, 2026

With the season opener a week away, the pressure now intensified on everyone else, on Brian Chavez with his metamorphic ruthlessness and Ivory Christian with his love-hate ambivalence and Jerrod McDougal with his religious zeal.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger




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