tenuous
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Entry-level jobs pay relatively little, job security is tenuous and the math of going out matters.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
He’s not unaware that Meyers’ mostly 20-something male friends have — like many — romanticized the gritty abandon of lower Manhattan’s bygone literary scene and perhaps Ed’s tenuous place in it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
By the time a tenuous ceasefire took effect on 8 April, US forces had struck over 13,000 targets across Iran, according to the White House.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The pause in hostilities is seen as tenuous.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
Supposedly they were sworn to the Arcyns of the Vale, but the Eyrie’s grasp upon the islands was tenuous at best.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing tenuous
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