reluctance
Example Sentences
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The new Fed chair shook Wall Street on Wednesday with his reluctance to reveal his thinking on the economy and his skepticism about the tools the Fed uses to judge inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
A day after Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh showed reluctance to raise interest rates, sparking a steep selloff in stocks and bonds, Microsoft’s outlook won out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
To overcome this reluctance and ensure that only people interested in tying the knot joined, those signing up had to prove that they were legally single and pass an online interview, among other conditions.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
But some research suggest that men's reluctance may stem less from disinterest and more from uncertainty about how to navigate dating today.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Bigwig, to everyone’s surprise, showed considerable reluctance, and only crossed in the end after Kehaar, returning from another flight over Efrafa, had asked whether he would like him to go and fetch a fox.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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