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cautious

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So, for the most part, you want to make people feel like, if anything, they would get fired for being cautious.

We’ve always been more cautious than others about where we get data from and how we build up all audience profiles, we try to rely on site information that we have.

From Digiday

I think of myself as a pretty cautious and thoughtful person when it comes to making decisions.

The payments giant announced the project on Wednesday morning, calling it the Central Bank Digital Currencies Testing Platform—a bland title to be sure, but one likely to find favor with cautious central bankers.

From Fortune

Given the pandemic, no one has any real clue who’s going to vote, especially given how Democrats are more likely to be cautious in their approach.

From Ozy

But of course, many middle aged and older Afghans have more than enough experience of violence and disorder to be cautious.

While Downton may be prepared to soldier on with an Isis in the family, other organisations have been more cautious.

There is cautious optimism that this prompt action may have helped avert a broader outbreak.

The only time when Lennox seems a bit cautious is when I ask her about Gaza.

It makes you more cautious and more aware of asking that question of where they were and if they have traveled or not.

But at that insult Garnache's brain seemed to take fire, and his cautious resolutions were reduced to ashes by the conflagration.

The school was studying louder than ever, and our voices could not have gone beyond the platform; but my friend was cautious.

Kip Burland took a few more cautious steps in the direction of the figure in white.

Lamb kept at a cautious distance as they moved several blocks up Broadway.

After that Pike was a little more cautious, and kept aloof for a time; but Val knew that he was still watched on occasion.

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On this page you'll find 94 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cautious, such as: circumspect, discreet, judicious, leery, prudent, and tentative.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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