tentatively
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Tentatively postponed Halloween parties were back on; on my phone, I received a public safety alert: “The search is over … the caution is over. Hunting may resume.”
From Slate • Dec. 4, 2024
Tentatively at first, they set about making a formal landscape — King making his mark with hardscape projects and crisp edging, Bevacqua with plants and more plants.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2022
Tentatively scheduled for the fall, the meeting is expected to revisit a Cold War-era policy that sets openness as the gold standard and says any classification of fundamental research should be kept to a minimum.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 29, 2022
Tentatively called the Capitol Leader, it evolved into the Washington news site Politico, which started in 2007 and was sold last year to the German conglomerate Axel Springer for about $1 billion.
From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2022
Tentatively she took her hand away and wiped it on Faye’s skirt.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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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