vacillation

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Lois’ reticence about him mirrors our own vacillation with the DC Universe’s new direction: We need to see something more from this guy before we commit.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025

When Lois is in the coma, there is a lot of vacillation between what she’s dealing with in terms of what's going on with the case and the trauma.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2024

Economists now blame that vacillation for how ingrained inflation became, and how much pain the central bank had to inflict in the 1980s to finally wrestle price increases under control.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2022

He quit the leadership of the party in July 2019 after months of vacillation but remains a hugely influential figure within the Congress, a fact that Azad said had stalled any significant internal reforms.

From Reuters • Aug. 26, 2022

Meanwhile the decisions as regards the merchants were marked by extraordinary vacillation.

From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Joyce, Herbert