tentative
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German manufacturing orders rose in May, showing tentative signs of stabilizing despite continued uncertainty from the Middle East conflict.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 6, 2026
Last month, Quantinuum struck a tentative agreement with the Commerce Department, exchanging a minority equity stake in the business for federal funding.
From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026
Some of the lower-level impacts identified in the study remain tentative.
From Science Daily • Jun. 28, 2026
LA28 and the city were supposed to have a tentative agreement in place last fall.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2026
However, the difficulties besetting our task are so great that we cannot hope for more than tentative and incomplete answers.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
Vocabulary lists containing tentative
Essential Academic Vocabulary for High School Students, List 4
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The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 6
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