ambivalent
Example Sentences
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Businesses championed new technologies in a bout of risk-taking with few equivalents in a region dominated by older industries and ambivalent about tech.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
As a child of divorce, were you ambivalent about marriage?
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
Others are ambivalent, recognizing the benefits of change but fearing they might be giving up more than they realize.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
North Carolina resident Shelley Hughes was more ambivalent.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
These were to be our last days together, at least in the carefree spirit that had marked our escape from the Middle West and the American culture it was so easy to be ambivalent about.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
Vocabulary lists containing ambivalent
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Grade 11, List 1
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