tentative
Example Sentences
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The tentative agreement falls short of the 9% pay raise for teachers that the union had asked for.
From Los Angeles Times
New York City nurses reached a tentative agreement to end a strike at Montefiore and Mount Sinai hospitals on Monday.
In both matches they struggled in the middle overs, with Brook suggesting after the West Indies defeat that his side were too tentative with their batting in their 197 chase.
From Barron's
One is the development, although tentative, of a plausible reform agenda at the EU level.
The price of Bitcoin is showing tentative signs of a rebound amid steep recent falls.
From Barron's
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