tenuous

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It comes at a tenuous time for the market.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

“It doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t have it. It just means that’s more tenuous … but I do think that we should say it’s wrong and that it’s damaging.”

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026

Yet it’s still a tenuous time, said Laura Ullrich, Indeed Hiring Lab’s director of economic research in North America.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026

Iron doesn’t easily bend, and this curve is tenuous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Supposedly they were sworn to the Arcyns of the Vale, but the Eyrie’s grasp upon the islands was tenuous at best.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin