- present participle of dither.
dithering
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Only after more than two years of dithering did the court fire Mr. Khan for “serious misconduct and serious breach of duty.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
"The reason that he's dithering is because he doesn't know where the money is coming from," she said.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
“Fashion is art,” declared the Met’s director, Max Hollein, at the show’s press preview last week, as if to say, Let’s stop dithering on the subject.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
While the UK was "dithering", the US, Greece and France have all sent ships to Cyprus, she said.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
He was a small, dark man, smaller-looking and darker-looking beside Ginika’s large, ash-haired mother, with an undecided air about him, as though he was always dithering between choices.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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