tentatively
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Traffic had tentatively begun moving through the critical shipping lane this week, including three Saudi-flagged supertankers that together were carrying more than six million barrels of crude, Kpler ship-tracking data showed on Thursday.
From Barron's • Jun. 20, 2026
The firm tentatively plans to be ready to launch the new SpaceX ETFs on the Cboe at 4 a.m.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
These are generally about other people, or being embedded in the band, and rays of light are allowed to break through, if sometimes tentatively.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Carousel finds her tentatively revealing flaws to a new lover.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
The faces of the Sleer nuzzled the air about Jack tentatively, as if they wanted to stroke or caress him.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
Vocabulary lists containing tentatively
The Giver
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The Diary of Anne Frank
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A Raisin in the Sun
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