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trepidation

[trep-i-dey-shuhn] / ˌtrɛp ɪˈdeɪ ʃən /


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Trepidation about the speech largely explains why renewed buzz about artificial intelligence after this week's blowout Nvidia results ended up being such as a damp squib on Thursday.

From Reuters • Aug. 25, 2023

Trepidation was setting in, because for all the expense, the outcome could still be disastrous.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2021

Trepidation about playing baseball through a pandemic trumped his urge to play - but that doesn’t mean the 2012 AL Cy Young Award winner never thought about an early return.

From Washington Times • Feb. 20, 2021

Trepidation about playing baseball through a pandemic trumped his urge to play — but that doesn’t mean the 2012 AL Cy Young Award winner never thought about an early return.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2021

Trepidation and too much haste retarded their object.

From The First White Man of the West Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country. by Flint, Timothy




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