tentative
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Canadian producer prices declined in June, marking the first month-over-month drop in five months, after a tentative accord between the U.S. and Iran led to lower energy prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Their eventual detente turns into something more meaningful for both of them, and Wikstrom and Angelo exercise the perfect amount of restraint to make their characters’ tentative friendship believable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The drop in producer prices followed a tentative June agreement between the U.S. and Iran to halt military actions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Fleetwood looked slightly tentative with approaches, perhaps wary of Birkdale biting back and shattering his dreams.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Along its quiet length white people in bright clumps moved churchward, under the windy bells, walking now and then in the random and tentative sun.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
Vocabulary lists containing tentative
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The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 6
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