tentative
Example Sentences
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The feisty heroine is Iris Hawkins, who, in the course of a tentative love affair with a nerdy engineer named Geoffrey Hale, discovers the pernicious designs of a secret order.
Her band grew to full size when three more musicians arrived, and a tentative start turned into a triumphant night, defined by composure rather than chaos.
From BBC
Software stocks are finally making a tentative comeback after being pummeled by fears that artificial intelligence could siphon business away.
From Barron's
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
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