tentative
Example Sentences
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Not long after that, the Trojans were leaving the court in familiar disappointment, their tournament hopes as tentative as ever.
From Los Angeles Times
The stock market this year has taken a tentative step in becoming less concentrated.
From MarketWatch
Thailand’s central bank surprised markets by cutting its policy rate at its first meeting of the year, delivering a second consecutive round of easing to bolster tentative signs of recovery.
A teachers’ strike that began Monday, closing schools for some 50,000 students, ended Friday as the union and school district reached a tentative deal.
From Los Angeles Times
Those clashes ended with a tentative ceasefire that same month after the worst fighting since the Taliban returned to power in 2021.
From BBC
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