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ambivalence

[am-biv-uh-luhns] / æmˈbɪv ə ləns /


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The ambivalence among advisers’ views may help explain why they do not appear to have much impact on their clients.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

The world’s most famous unemployed 41-year-old basketball player still hasn’t picked his next team, and the vibe is different, a mix of light ambivalence and mild impatience.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Tournaments once so defined now blur into adulthood ambivalence, postcards plotted along the timeline of your life, the details growing grainy.

From BBC Jun. 21, 2026

When asked if he sees himself as Ruben, Gadd contemplates the question, debating whether it’s his “jetlagged brain” or ambivalence about finding some of Ruben within him.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 23, 2026

It is doubtful that the other members agreed with that role; Compton was the only one who oversaw a lab where the scientists’ ambivalence was expressed openly.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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