lukewarm

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Its prospects seemed dim amid the president’s threats and a lukewarm response from Iranian leaders, who dismissed the president’s diplomatic overtures as “unrealistic” and denying direct talks with the United States.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

The business plan that Lovaglio recently outlined for the combined group, which includes the delisting of Mediobanca and a set of financial targets through 2030, got a lukewarm reception from investors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Ruben Amorim was the first to call him into the senior training squad, even if his response to Gabriel's presence was lukewarm.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

The most significant part of the meeting, noted Dario Perkins of TS Lombard, was Powell’s lukewarm support for the look-through approach, a hawkish turn from how the committee had been treating tariffs.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

How could heat-killed bacterial debris—no more than a lukewarm soup of microbial chemicals—have transmitted a genetic trait to a live bacterium by mere contact?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee