ambivalent
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A promising new cancer drug helped reduce the risk of death by 34% in patients with the most common form of lung cancer, but investors appeared to be ambivalent to the data.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
As a child of divorce, were you ambivalent about marriage?
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
US President Donald Trump's position however appears more ambivalent.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
Spain has long been one of Europe’s more ambivalent countries when it comes to American power.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Delbriick’s speedy approval pleased me, for he had ambivalent feelings about the ultimate value to biology of Pauling-like structural studies.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
Vocabulary lists containing ambivalent
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Grade 11, List 1
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