cautious
Example Sentences
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Mizuho trading-desk analyst Jordan Klein said investors are likely cautious because they “have never really seen margins this high in the sector.”
From MarketWatch
With its bicycle rides, family meals and general aura of awakening, “Miroirs No. 3” unfolds with cautious hope, if only because we know a reckoning is coming and what’s unsaid will have to be addressed.
From Los Angeles Times
Another thing helping the S&P 500 right now is actually a factor that investors were cautious about previously: market concentration.
From MarketWatch
She said she was extremely cautious when out walking Dolly, always using a lead and head collar, but worried regularly about another incident.
From BBC
Although some Dutch women in 1937 were wearing their skirts knee-length, mine was still a cautious three inches above my shoes.
From Literature
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