tentative
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Their eventual detente turns into something more meaningful for both of them, and Wikstrom and Angelo exercise the perfect amount of restraint to make their characters’ tentative friendship believable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Fleetwood looked slightly tentative with approaches, perhaps wary of Birkdale biting back and shattering his dreams.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Under a tentative MLB plan, the first half of the 2028 season would end on July 9, with the All-Star Game on July 11.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
SYDNEY—The Reserve Bank of New Zealand raised interest rates Wednesday in what appeared to be a tentative move by policy makers to combat nagging inflation pressures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Pardies had thus touched on a fundamental difference between Newton and the Royal Society of the 1660s and early 1670s: unlike Newton, the Royal Society favoured tentative expressions of opinion.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing tentative
Essential Academic Vocabulary for High School Students, List 4
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The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 6
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