waffle

Anthropic is one frontier operator that gives its model permission to waffle on the sentience question, calling it uncertain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Be honest with yourself: Are you really going to use the dusty waffle maker in your kitchen cabinet?

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 23, 2026

I don’t eat that great, but if you’re ever gonna eat bad, Sunday is the day to do it, so you gotta get the waffle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025

"I've never heard so much waffle," Hearn replied.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025

“Yes,” Mrs. Dawkins said, “the most delicate little waffle cookies. They nearly melted in your mouth with a cup of hot tea. Do you remember the lovely teas we had back then?”

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

He threw out defeatism and acted when everyone else waffled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

Sauer waffled, prompting Justice Sonia Sotomayor to leap in and tell him: “Could you just answer the justice’s question?”

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2025

While Dolan’s office said New York was “blessed with the greatest bagel stores in the world,” the cardinal waffled on announcing from which establishment he would be buying the goods.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2024

Then, the judge brought the people into his chambers and they waffled on what they initially said.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2023

He detects patterns: one track is waffled, another has fine lines, and another is shaped like the pointed toe of a boot.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

But Mike Bonin, a progressive former council member, said that what others see as waffling is really a politician willing to change her positions.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

It’s important to precisely define and label this market shift—how else can I claim to have seen it coming all along, while waffling about what happens next?

From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026

When “Yellowstone,” Sheridan’s first show, premiered in 2018, #MeToo was reverberating across television with producers waffling over whether to villainize or defend macho characters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

But this constant tonal waffling results in an audience that sees something strange and laughs because they’ve been trained by filmmakers to think that, when something is uncomfortable, laughter is the appropriate response.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2025

“Young is waffling on more than whether or not he wants to eat his Danish, Reggie. Waffling. See what I did there?”

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan