circumspect
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has been circumspect about Musk’s ambitions to put data centers in space, noting the problem of cooling infrastructure in a vacuum when asked in a recent interview.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
But they are more circumspect about those other requests, while saying they want to press on "at pace" in removing Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of succession.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026
Sitting on a boat floating off the shore, Holloway is more circumspect.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
The meeting’s agenda for the closed session was circumspect: “Conference with Legal Counsel — Settlement Agreement.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025
Dr. Samuel Mudd, Samuel Arnold, and Michael O’Laughlen Thomas Jones, the man who helped John Wilkes Booth and David Herold escape into Virginia, was circumspect about his role in the assassination for many years.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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