tenuous

Example Sentences

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He’s retired, and the rotation is as tenuous as ever.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

It comes at a tenuous time for the market.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

“It doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t have it. It just means that’s more tenuous … but I do think that we should say it’s wrong and that it’s damaging.”

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026

In a market where sometimes tenuous links spell big moves for stocks, the Super Bowl halftime performance from Bad Bunny failed to produce coattails.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 9, 2026

Since the rise of the Arafura Sea finally separated Australia and New Guinea from each other around 10,000 years ago, gene exchange has been limited to tenuous contact via the chain of Torres Strait islands.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond