tentative
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Focus is on a meeting between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping amid tentative optimism that this could lead to progress on trade and the Iran war.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
The two leaders' last meeting produced a tentative trade truce after a frenzy of tit-for-tat tariffs in 2025.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
WGA also said in a statement that they “are pleased to have reached a tentative agreement” with the union for its first collective bargaining agreement.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
Dasgupta also points to a knock of eight from 11 balls against Lucknow Super Giants, which included five tentative dots balls in a row before a sliced high catch offered off left-arm seamer Mohsin Khan.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
A little tentative and awkward at first, and then not.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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