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hesitancy

[hez-i-tuhn-see] / ˈhɛz ɪ tən si /


NOUN
delay
Synonyms


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Others have questioned recommended vaccines because AI validated their hesitancy, he added.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

"When you think about the people who are choosing not to vaccinate their children, these are also the people that have medical hesitancy in general," she told AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

On top of that hesitancy about the real effects of returning to the SAT is the fact that not all UC professors agree it is impossible for lacking students to catch up.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

So I don’t feel any hesitancy about maintaining the path I’m on, and I feel I have full support of the sitting and retired judges.

From Slate May 12, 2026

Every movement and word on my part felt uncomfortable, shrill, or sharp, and I was beginning to worry that the feelings of hesitancy and awkwardness were never going to lift.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

Many medical professionals, like experts at Seattle’s Glow Medispa, are now working even harder to clear up misinformation and to assuage common hesitancies.

From Seattle Times Jun. 7, 2024

Public life has been gripped by a sense we won’t go back to what we did before, thanks to health hesitancies or simply because we got used to doing things a new way during shutdowns.

From Washington Post Sep. 30, 2021

"There’s different kinds of hesitancies, right? So I don’t think that there’s much excuse to not know the information available anymore. Hence that’s why I think it should be mandatory at this stage," he explained.

From Fox News Aug. 11, 2021

He’s never dated a friend before and still wants to pursue this, but he mentioned telling all his friends about his hesitancies.

From Slate Oct. 30, 2018

Carried a way by this intoxication, they easily forgot the petty stipulations of pride, and the cold hesitancies of suspicion.

From The Ball at Sceaux by Honoré de Balzac




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