temporize

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Dahlia Lithwick: There is a very human propensity, especially in times of crisis, to normalize and rationalize and temporize.

From Slate • Dec. 17, 2025

Rab1, and Black is left to temporize as White methodically prepares his breakthrough.

From Washington Times • Mar. 1, 2022

The universities should not temporize if that happens.

From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2017

Petry’s tendency to temporize may be a crucial asset, according to Hajo Funke, an expert on Germany’s far right who has just published a book, “On Angry Citizens and Arsonists,” about the AfD.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 26, 2016

He then stood so high in the council, and the exigency of the case was so pressing, that Sir William Berkley, thinking it imprudent to return an absolute refusal, concluded to temporize.

From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Campbell, Charles