hedged

Example Sentences

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While Steyer and Xavier Becerra, the former California attorney general, both said they would support such a ban, the remaining three candidates hedged or said they would not.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Criticks, do your worst, that here are met; For, like a Rook, I have hedged in my Bet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Congress is given the power to “raise and support Armies,” but that power is hedged with limits, including the requirement that appropriations for the army be renewed every two years.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

Bezuidenhout said some of that impact was mitigated by the fact that 20-50% of Aurigny's fuel volumes were "hedged out at fixed pricing".

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

“Six isn’t exactly a lucky number,” I hedged.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss