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hesitation

[hez-i-tey-shuhn] / ˌhɛz ɪˈteɪ ʃən /


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Hesitation to hire as employers await the onset of AI could also play a role, especially at large companies that are able to deploy AI sooner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Other programme highlights include the London premiere of Hesitation Wound, which scooped up an award at the Zurich Film Festival.

From BBC • May 25, 2024

Hesitation and anticipation are the essence of “Dimensional People Part III,” the collaboration by the Berlin electronic duo Mouse on Mars and Justin Vernon, better known as Bon Iver.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2018

They saw off a challenge from American rockers Nine Inch Nails and their latest album "Hesitation Marks".

From Reuters • Sep. 8, 2013

Hesitation and hurry are his principal faults, practised, with much impartiality, in alternate extremes.

From Riding Recollections, 5th ed. by Whyte-Melville, G. J. (George John)




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