be cautious

Example Sentences

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At the same time, she said the city should be cautious about creating legal precedent that could upend existing safeguards in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

It was a case of "go and score another", and never shut up shop and be cautious.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

So if the past forms any kind of pattern, it’s another reason to at least be cautious about markets at the moment.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

The Legislative Analyst’s Office, a nonpartisan state agency that advises California’s legislature, in February warned that revenues are vulnerable to a stock-market downturn and urged lawmakers to be cautious about committing to new spending.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Those blacks who worked in the Union Stock Yard had every reason to be cautious.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield