hesitancy

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Hesitancy started to decline as community members explored their legitimate questions with barbers, stylists and others about subjects such as emergency use authorizations and how mRNA-based and other vaccines are made, Quinn adds.

From Scientific American • Mar. 10, 2022

Hesitancy has led to regret in pockets of the state.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2021

Hesitancy over quarantine rules, concerns about sickness and economic uncertainty were all factors for those few who were vacationing.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2021

Hesitancy to accept medicine from overseas slowed polio eradication in some areas, and leaders don’t want to see a repeat.

From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2021

Hesitancy like this, doubts, uncertainty as to her impressions, were not characteristic of Ramona.

From Ramona by Jackson, Helen Hunt