hesitancy

Example Sentences

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“Their hesitancy to cut rates, I think, is actually ... quite a mark against them,” he said on CNBC.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

Bailey chalks this hesitancy up to education, but Motta says it’s not just that, noting that many pet parents today are well-read.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

If something sounds too good to be true, have a certain amount of hesitancy making any decisions based on the bot’s information.

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2026

"Most Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy was rooted in concrete concerns that can be addressed and successfully overcome with time and increasing availability of information," the study in The Lancet journal said.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

But my hesitancy only triggered something in Czerny that I will forever associate with New Yorkers—an instinctive and immediate push back against thinking small.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama