cagey
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The manufacturers have so far been quite cagey as to which method they are using - understandably, as individual intellectual property is at stake, as well as competitiveness.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
Prior to that announcement, though, Weisz is cagey about the film.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
They went with serve and the seventh game was another tussle, Sabalenka holding for 4-3 after the best rally of a cagey affair.
From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026
On the near-term future, Mr. Trump was cagey.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026
For one thing, though Tommy carried on with his animal pictures, he became cagey about doing them in my presence.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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