Thesaurus / reticent
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The fewer women who take companies public, the more reticent the check writers are, because they may have never seen somebody like you.
BUMBLE GAVE WOMEN MORE POWER IN DATING. NOW THE APP IS GIVING WOMEN POWER IN THE BOARDROOM.JENA MCGREGORFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POSTNew hires are more hesitant to say they don’t understand their responsibilities or reticent to ask how to do certain tasks via Zoom versus in person.
THE TECHNOLOGICAL HURDLES OF ONBOARDING NEW EMPLOYEES IN A PANDEMICCHRIS MORRISJANUARY 18, 2021FORTUNENext, the researchers plan to expand their survey to understand why people are reticent about the vaccine.
DO YOUR NEIGHBORS WANT TO GET VACCINATED?KAREN HAOJANUARY 16, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWUnfortunately, they have also been far too reticent on the need for better access to medicine.
BIG PHARMA’S NEW CEOS MUST STEP UP TO ERASE INEQUITIES IN DRUG ACCESSMATTHEWHEIMERDECEMBER 15, 2020FORTUNEIn contrast to generally more reticent American producers, who rarely go on the record on this subject, Lloyd Webber seems willing to talk about his efforts for as long as there is battery life in a recording device.
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER BELIEVES IN THE IMMINENT RETURN OF BROADWAY AND THE WEST END. THAT’S ALL HE ASKS OF YOU.PETER MARKSDECEMBER 4, 2020WASHINGTON POSTDuring these years, the once reticent teen had grown into a team leader and something of a celebrity, a term he rejects for himself.
THE ENDURING AND ONGOING LEGACY OF BJERGSENNOAH SMITHNOVEMBER 20, 2020WASHINGTON POSTFor example, Netflix may be especially — and rightfully — reticent to put ads on a channel within its otherwise ad-free service that people pay to use.
TV NETWORKS CUT COSTS TO CONFRONT SHRINKING PROFITS AMID STREAMING SHIFTTIM PETERSONNOVEMBER 11, 2020DIGIDAYWhile some employees were reticent to move into the mothership, others felt like it was “time to grow up a little bit and lean in to CNN a little bit more,” said one employee.
‘TWO VERY, VERY DIFFERENT COMPANIES’: WHY CNN’S GREAT BIG STORY FAILED TO SURVIVETIM PETERSONNOVEMBER 2, 2020DIGIDAYYou credit this to growing up an only child in the company of reticent adults.
THE FIRST MURDERKATIE MCLEANAUGUST 19, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWJim, however, proved to be much more reticent than his friends deemed either necessary or agreeable.
THE FLOATING LIGHT OF THE GOODWIN SANDSR.M. BALLANTYNEWORDS RELATED TO RETICENT
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